κεράστης

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ,

   A horned, ἔλαφος S.El.568; κάνθαρος Id.Ichn.300; of a ram, ὦ κεράστα E.Cyc.52 (lyr.); Πάν Antip.Oxy.662.49, Corn. ND27; Σάτυροι Luc.Bacch.1:—fem. κεραστίς, ίδος, of Io, A.Pr. 674.    II as Subst., horned serpent or asp, Cerastes cornutus, Nic. Th.258, LXX Pr.23.32, D.S.3.50, Ael.NA1.57; οἱ κ. ὄφεις Call.Hist. 3.    2 pest which destroys fig-trees, Thphr.HP4.14.5, 5.4.5.