cervinus

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Latin

Etymology

From cervus (deer) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cervīnus (feminine cervīna, neuter cervīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to a deer.
  2. tawny, deerskin brown

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cervīnus cervīna cervīnum cervīnī cervīnae cervīna
Genitive cervīnī cervīnae cervīnī cervīnōrum cervīnārum cervīnōrum
Dative cervīnō cervīnō cervīnīs
Accusative cervīnum cervīnam cervīnum cervīnōs cervīnās cervīna
Ablative cervīnō cervīnā cervīnō cervīnīs
Vocative cervīne cervīna cervīnum cervīnī cervīnae cervīna

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • English: cervine
  • Galician: cerviño
  • Italian: cervino
  • Portuguese: cervino
  • Spanish: cervino

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeusgrīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceusmurrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

  • cervinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cervinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cervinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.