LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

cervārius1

cervārius (feminine cervāria, neuter cervārium)

Meaning

  1. adjectiveof, pertaining to, or connected with deer

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecervāriuscervāriacervārium
genitivecervāriīcervāriaecervāriī
dativecervāriōcervāriaecervāriō
accusativecervāriumcervāriamcervārium
ablativecervāriōcervāriācervāriō
vocativecervāriecervāriacervārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecervāriīcervāriaecervāria
genitivecervāriōrumcervāriārumcervāriōrum
dativecervāriīscervāriīscervāriīs
accusativecervāriōscervāriāscervāria
ablativecervāriīscervāriīscervāriīs
vocativecervāriīcervāriaecervāria

cervārĭus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or pertaining to deer: lupus, a lynx, Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 84; 11, 37, 79, § 202: venenum, an herb with which arrows were smeared, Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101; Fest. s. v. toxicum, p. 355: cervaria ovis, quae pro cervā immolabatur (Dianae), Fest. p. 57.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱer(h₂)wos
  4. Proto-Italic*kerwos
  5. Latincervārius

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -arius Latin cervārius From cervus + -arius.

Descendants
  • Englishserval
  • Italiancervaio
  • Italiancervaro
  • Romaniancerbar
  • Spanishcervario
  • Albanianluqerbull
proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Cervārius2
Cervārius m sg (genitive Cervāriī or Cervārī)
Classical[kɛrˈwaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃerˈvaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by
  2. Cervarius Proculus, a Roman man who took part in the Pisonian conspiracy

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeCervārius—
genitiveCervāriī
Cervārī
—
dativeCervāriō—
accusativeCervārium—
ablativeCervāriō—
vocativeCervārī—

Origins

Possibly from cervārius.

Quick answers

What does cervārius mean in Latin?
cervārius, a adjective, means “of, pertaining to, or connected with deer”.
Where does cervārius come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- → Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *ḱer(h₂)wos → Proto-Italic *kerwos → Latin cervārius.