cervinus

Latin

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós

Proto-Italic *kerwos

Latin cervus

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin cervīnus

From cervus (“deer”) + -īnus.

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

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
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

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic)	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), rāvus (of eyes); 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

“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.