cervus
See also: Cervus
Latin
cervī (stags)
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós, from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) (whence English horn, hirn, Latin cornū (“horn”)) + *-wós (whence Latin -vus). Cognate with Welsh carw (“deer”), Greek κεραός (keraós, “horned”). The first-syllable e was likely taken from the PIE root noun *ḱerh₂s (“horn”) (itself eventually lost in Latin), while the shift in meaning from 'horned' to 'deer' may be common Italo-Celtic.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈker.wus/, [ˈkɛr.wʊs]
Noun
cervus m (genitive cervī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cervus | cervī |
| Genitive | cervī | cervōrum |
| Dative | cervō | cervīs |
| Accusative | cervum | cervōs |
| Ablative | cervō | cervīs |
| Vocative | cerve | cervī |
Descendants
References
- cervus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cervus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cervus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cervus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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