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The corpus record — Latin

cēva

cēva · f

a kind of small cow

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What it meant

1. cēva — Lewis & Short

cēva or ceua, ae, f.Low Germ. Keue,

I a kind of small cow, Col. 6, 24, 5.

2. ceva — Walde–Hofmann

ceva, -ae f. „Kuh“: nach Colum. 6, 24, 5 in Altinum, einer durch Schafzucht bekannten Stadt im Lande der Veneter, gebraucht, also — wenn richtig überlief, — venetisches (Holder I 1004), nicht e. Wort (Dottin 245). Der Vergleich mit alb. ka „Ochse* (Stier KZ. 11, 150) läßt sich nicht aufrecht erhalten (s. unter cereus, Jokl WuS. 12, 68). c&reö (céró Gramm.), c2v3 (nach mors?) -ére „wackeln“ (mit dem Hintern, in der … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. ceva, p. 241]

Where it came from

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