corneus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cornĕus: a, um, adj. cornu.
I Of horn, horny, horn- (rare but class.): corneo proceroque rostro (ibes), * Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101: ora, Ov. M. 8, 545: arcus, id. ib. 1, 697: pyxis, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 142: laterna, Mart. 14, 61: crater, id. 12, 32, 12: ungula (equi), Luc. 6, 83; cf. solum, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4: porta Somni, Verg. A. 6, 894; cf. Stat. S. 5, 3, 288.—
II Hard as horn, horny (very rare): corpora piscatorum, Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 102; 7, 19, 18, § 80.—
   B Trop.: fibra, hard-heartedness, insensibility, Pers. 1, 47; cf. corda, Sid. Ep. 4, 1.—
III Of the color of korn (post-Aug.): cereum aut corneum, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 89: color, id. 36, 8, 12, § 61; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 894.
cornĕus: a, um, adj. 1. cornus,
I of or belonging to the cornel-tree or cornelwood: virgulta, Verg. A. 3, 22: clavi, Cato, R. R. 18, 9: hastilia, Verg. A. 5, 557: venabula, Ov. H. 4, 83.