cernuus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈker.nu.us/, [ˈkɛrnuʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.nu.us/, [ˈt͡ʃɛrnuːs]

Adjective

cernuus (feminine cernua, neuter cernuum); first/second-declension adjective

1. with the face turned towards the earth, inclined forwards, stooping or bowing forwards

   Tantum ergo Sacramentum / Veneremur cernui (Tantum Ergo, Thomas Aquinas)

   Therefore, so great a Sacrament / Let us venerate bowed forwards

2. (Vergilian) falling over

   Equus cernuus (Aeneid liber X 894)

   falling horse

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cernuus	cernua	cernuum		cernuī	cernuae	cernua
Genitive	cernuī	cernuae	cernuī		cernuōrum	cernuārum	cernuōrum
Dative	cernuō		cernuō		cernuīs
Accusative	cernuum	cernuam	cernuum		cernuōs	cernuās	cernua
Ablative	cernuō	cernuā	cernuō		cernuīs
Vocative	cernue	cernua	cernuum		cernuī	cernuae	cernua

Derived terms

• cernuō

References

• “cernuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cernuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cernuus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• cernuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cernuus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cernuus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin