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cervinus

cervinus · adj

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 40 · 1.01/10k
De Medicina 6 · 0.59/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2 · 0.25/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

cervīnus — Lewis & Short

cervīnus, a, um, adj.cervus,

I of or pertaining to a deer: cornu, deer's horn, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Col. 8, 5, 18 al.: pellis, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 66: vellera, * Ov. M. 6, 592: pilus, Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 246: color equi, Pall. Mart. 13, 4: senectus, i. e. great age (because the deer was said to live to a great age; cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 28, 69; Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 119; Aristot. H. A. 9, 6), Juv. 14, 251.—

II Subst.: cervīna, ae, f. (sc. caro), deer's meat, venison, Edict. Diocl. 4, 44.

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