What does cerva mean in Latin?

cerva, a noun, means “a female deer, doe, hind”.

What is the genitive of cerva?

The genitive singular is cervae. cerva is feminine, first declension.

In classical Latin, [ˈkɛr.wa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈt͡ʃɛr.va].

noun · femininefirst declension

cerva f (genitive cervae)

Classical[ˈkɛr.wa]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃɛr.va]

cerva, ae, f. cervus,

I. a hind, Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Ov. M. 6, 636; 12, 34.—

II. Poet., for deer in gen., Ter. Phorm. prol. 7; Cat. 63, 72; Verg. A. 4, 69; Hor. C. 1, 1, 27; 3, 5, 32; Ov. M. 7, 546; 11, 772; id. A. A. 3, 670; Tib. 4, 3, 13.

Feminine of cervus; cervus + -a (feminine suffix).

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