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[kindred with κέρας, and Germ. and Engl. horn; cf. also carina, cervus], a horn.\n* Lit., a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121; of a bullock,Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.; also of the constellation Taurus,Ov. M. 2, 80; of the ram,id. ib. 5, 328; and the constellation Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111; of the he-goat,Verg. E. 9, 25; of kids,id. G. 2, 526 al.—Of the antlers of a stag, Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, but freq. in late Lat., as one word, , and twice , , f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the fable, the horn of the goat Amalthea placed in heaven, Greek Κέρας Ἀμαλθείας (v. Amalthea), the emblem of fruitfulness and abundance, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.\n* Meton., of things similar to horn in substance or form, or made of horn.\n* Trop., as an emblem of power, courage, strength, might (the figure taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a very freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v. , p. 906, 6; poet.): ne in re secundā nunc mi obvortat cornua,Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5: venerunt capiti cornua sera meo,Ov. Am. 3, 11,: tunc pauper cornua sumit,gains strength, courage,id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.. tu (sc. amphora) addis cornua pauperi, etc.,Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.—Hence Bacchus, as a giver of courage, is represented with horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. Bacchus, I.; cf. of a river-god, I. B. 2. c. supra.\n* A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.\n* That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.\n* The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.\n* The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.\n* The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2: cornu Indicum,Mart. 1, 73, 4.\n* Of objects made of horn.\n* The branches of a river, Ov. M. 9, 774.—Hence, the river-gods were represented with horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: corniger, tauriformis, etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under κέρας, V.\n* The arm of the shore forming a harbor, a tongue of land, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.\n* The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.\n* The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed: cornua cristae,Verg. A. 12, 89: alterum cornu galeae,Liv. 27, 33, 2.\n* The end of the stick around which books were rolled, usually ornamented with ivory, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107.\n* The side of a bow in the form of ahorn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.\n* The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin.\n* The top or summit of a mountain: cornua Parnasi,Stat. Th. 5, 532; Curt. 3, 4, 4.\n* The wing of an army (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 (three times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 (twice); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq(seven times).—*\n* Transf.: cornua disputationis tuae commovere,i. e. to drive back,Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the passage in connection).\n* The feeler or claw of an insect, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al.\n* The stiff hair of the Germans: quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro?Juv. 13, 165.\n* A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.\n* A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet (cornua, quod ea, quae nunc sunt ex aere, tunc fiebant bubulo e cornu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. 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