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cernuus1

cernuus1

head foremost

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1. cernuus — de Vaan

cernuus 'head foremost' [adj. o/a[ (LuciL+) Derivatives: cernuare 'to fall head first' (Varro+). cervus Pit *kero-nowo-. PIE *kerh2-o- 'skull, head'. IE cognates: see s.v. cerebrum. Explained by Nussbaum 1986 as ^erh^o-nouo- 'inclining the head' > *keronouo- > *kernouo- > cernuus. The First member would be identical to YAv, sara- 'head5. Bibl.: WH I: 206, EM 116, IEW 574-577, Leumann 1977: 210, Nussbaum 1986: … — [de Vaan, s.v. cernuus, p. 124]

2. cernŭus — Lewis & Short

cernŭus, a, um, adj.root kar, v. celsus; cf. ka/rhnon, cerebrum,

I with the face turned towards the earth, inclined forwards, stooping or bowing forwards (very rare and only poet.): cernuus dicitur proprie inclinatus, quasi quod terram cernit, Non. p. 20, 33 sq.; Lucil. ib. p. 21, 1: ejectoque incumbit cernuus armo, * Verg. A. 10, 894 (v. Serv. ad h. 1.): cernuus inflexo sonipes effuderat armo, Sil. 10, 255 sq.; Arn. 7, p. 246.—Hence,
II That turns a somersault; a tumbler, mountebank, kubisthth/r, petauristh/s, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 21, 6; Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 894; cf. Gloss. Philox.: cernuli petauristai/.

3. cernŭus — Lewis & Short

cernŭus, i, m.,

I a kind of shoe, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 55 Müll., and Isid. Orig. 19, 34, 13.

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Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. cernuus (scan pp. 124-125; entry #257). Root candidates: *keronouo-, *kernouo-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. cernuus (scan p. 140; entry #2057).

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