cervus | cervŏs (noun M) : (old orthogr. ; cf. Quint. 1, 7, 26), , kindr. with cornu and carina
* A stag, a deer, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 112 sq.: alipedes,Lucr. 6, 765: fugax,Hor. C. 4, 6, 34; Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 11: fugientes,Hor. C. 3, 12, 11: pavidi,Ov. F. 5, 173: surgentem in cornua,Verg. A. 10, 725 al.—As a type of fleetness: vincere cervum cursu,Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 27.
* Transf. (from resemblance to the horns of a stag; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.): cervi, forked stakes. *
* As supports of the vine, Tert. Anim. 19.— More freq.
* In the art of war, as a protection against the enemy, a chevaux-defrise, Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Liv. 44, 11, 4; Tib. 4, 1, 84; Sil. 10, 414; Serv. ad Verg. E. 2, 29.

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