cervinus

Latin

Etymology

From cervus (“deer”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɛrˈwiː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃerˈviː.nus]

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.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cervīnus	cervīna	cervīnum		cervīnī	cervīnae	cervīna
genitive	cervīnī	cervīnae	cervīnī		cervīnōrum	cervīnārum	cervīnōrum
dative	cervīnō	cervīnae	cervīnō		cervīnīs
accusative	cervīnum	cervīnam	cervīnum		cervīnōs	cervīnās	cervīna
ablative	cervīnō	cervīnā	cervīnō		cervīnīs
vocative	cervīne	cervīna	cervīnum		cervīnī	cervīnae	cervīna

Derived terms

• cervīna

Related terms

• cerva
• cervicorium
• cervula
• cervulus
• cervus

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: cerví
• → English: cervine
• Galician: cerviño
• Italian: cervino
• Portuguese: cervino
• Spanish: cervino

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic)	rāvus, pullus, mūrīnus (of livestock)	niger, āter, furvus, fuscus ("swarthy"), piceus (poetic)
ruber, russus, rūbidus (dark), flammeus (poetic); rutilus, pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic)	rūfus, rutilus, rōbus (of oxen), croceus (poetic), aureus (poetic); fulvus (poetic), niger (of eyes), badius (of horses)	lūteus, flāvus ("blond"), lūridus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic)
viridis, flāvus (poetic)	viridis, herbeus (of eyes), fulvus (poetic)	viridis, glaucus (poetic), caeruleus (poetic, only dark)
	glaucus (poetic), caeruleus, caesius (of eyes)	caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus (poetic)
violāceus	purpureus (underlying shade)	roseus

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.