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cervix
cervix, īcis (gen. plur. cervicum, Cic. Or. 18, 59; Plin. 23, 2, 33, § 68: cervicium, acc. to Charis...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
cervīx īcis, f
2 CEL- + VI-, a head-joint, neck, nape : rosea, V.: subacta ferre iugum, H.: nudare cervicem, L.: eversae cervices tuae, T.: caput et cervices tutari: parentis Fregisse cervicem, H.: cervices securi subicere, i. e. to commit a capital crime : cervices Roscio dare, i. e. submit to be judicially murdered by R.: praebenda est gladio, Iu.— Fig., the neck, shoulders : Imposuistis in cervicibus nostris dominum: dandae cervices erant crudelitati nefariae, must submit.—The neck, throat, life : a cervicibus nostris est depulsus Antonius: etsi bellum ingens in cervicibus erat, impending , L.: velut in cervicibus habere hostem, L.: qui tantis erunt cervicibus recuperatores, qui audeant? etc., who shall have the fierceness?
cervix, īcis (gen. plur. cervicum, Cic. Or. 18, 59; Plin. 23, 2, 33, § 68: cervicium, acc. to Charis...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.