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cervus

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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

Latin > English

cervus cervi N M :: stag/deer; forked branches; chevaux-de-frise (spiked barricade against cavalry)

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.

Latin > German (Georges)

cervus (arch. cervos), ī, m. (κεραϝός, gehörnt, ahd. hiruz), der Hirsch, I) eig.: cervi candidi, Plin.: cervorum cornua, Varr. LL. u. Plin.: hinnulus cervorum, Ambros.: cervorum greges, Rudel Hirsche, Iustin.: cervorum aprorumque venatores, Veget. mil.: est bos cervi figurā, Caes.: natura cervis et cornicibus vitam diuturnam dedit, Cic.: als Muster der Schnelligkeit, vincere cervom cursu, Plaut. Poen. 530. – als Wildbret, omnis grandis fera, quales sunt caprea, cervus, aper, onager, Cels. 2, 18. § 6. – II) übtr. (v. den Hirschgeweihen), cervi, gabelförmige Stämme, a) zur Abwehr der Feinde, spanische Reiter, Caes. u.a. – b) Stützen, des Weinstocks, Tert. de anim. 19: einer Hürte, Serv. Verg. ecl. 2, 29.

Latin > Chinese

cervus, i. m. :: 鹿