cervus
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cervus: (old orthogr. cervŏs; cf. Quint. 1, 7, 26), i, m. kindr. with cornu and carina,
I a stag, a deer, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 112 sq.: alipedes, Lucr. 6, 765: fugax, Hor. C. 4, 6, 34; Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 11: fugientes, Hor. C. 3, 12, 11: pavidi, Ov. F. 5, 173: surgentem in cornua, Verg. A. 10, 725 al.—As a type of fleetness: vincere cervum cursu, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 27.—
II Transf. (from resemblance to the horns of a stag; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.): cervi, forked stakes. *
A As supports of the vine, Tert. Anim. 19.— More freq.,
B In the art of war, as a protection against the enemy, a chevaux-defrise, Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Liv. 44, 11, 4; Tib. 4, 1, 84; Sil. 10, 414; Serv. ad Verg. E. 2, 29.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cervus,¹⁰ ī, m. (cf. κεραός),
1 cerf : Cic. Tusc. 3, 69
2 chevaux de frise : Cæs. G. 7, 72, 4
3 échalas : Tert. Anim. 19.
