cervus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === cervos === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *kerwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-wó-s (“horned”), from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) +‎ *-wós. Cognate with Proto-Celtic *karwos (“deer”), Ancient Greek κεραός (keraós, “horned”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥Hwás (“horn”). The shift in meaning from “horned” to “deer” may be common Italo-Celtic development, compare English hart. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɛr.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛr.vus] === Noun === cervus m (genitive cervī); second declension (Europe) red deer, stag, (North America) elk (by extension) forked stakes runaway slave (military) cheval de frise ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “cervus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cervus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "cervus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “cervus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.