adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
cernuus
cernuus (feminine cernua, neuter cernuum)
Classical[ˈkɛr.nu.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃɛr.nu.us]
Meaning
- adjectivewith the face turned towards the earth, inclined forwards, stooping or bowing forwards
Tantum ergo Sacramentum / Veneremur cernui (Tantum Ergo, Thomas Aquinas)
Therefore, so great a Sacrament / Let us, bowed down, venerate
- adjectivefalling over
Equus cernuus (Aeneid liber X 894)
falling horse
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cernuus | cernua | cernuum |
| genitive | cernuī | cernuae | cernuī |
| dative | cernuō | cernuae | cernuō |
| accusative | cernuum | cernuam | cernuum |
| ablative | cernuō | cernuā | cernuō |
| vocative | cernue | cernua | cernuum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cernuī | cernuae | cernua |
| genitive | cernuōrum | cernuārum | cernuōrum |
| dative | cernuīs | cernuīs | cernuīs |
| accusative | cernuōs | cernuās | cernua |
| ablative | cernuīs | cernuīs | cernuīs |
| vocative | cernuī | cernuae | cernua |
cernŭus, a, um, adj. root kar, v. celsus; cf. κάρηνον, cerebrum,
I. with the face turned towards the earth, inclined forwards, stooping or bowing forwards (very rare and only poet.):
cernuus dicitur proprie inclinatus, quasi quod terram cernit, Non. p. 20, 33 sq.; Lucil. ib. p. 21, 1: ejectoque incumbit cernuus armo, * Verg. A. 10, 894 (v. Serv. ad h. 1.): cernuus inflexo sonipes effuderat armo, Sil. 10, 255 sq.; Arn. 7, p. 246.—Hence, II. That turns a somersault; a tumbler, mountebank, κυβιστητήρ, πεταυριστής, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 21, 6; Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 894; cf. Gloss. Philox.: cernuli πεταυρισταί.
cernŭus, i, m.,
I. a kind of shoe, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 55 Müll., and Isid. Orig. 19, 34, 13.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cernuus adj.
2 CEL-, stooping forwards, head-foremost: quadrupes, V.
Origins
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.