cervīnus, a, um, adj. [cervus],
I of or pertaining to a deer : cornu, deer’s horn , Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Col. 8, 5, 18 al.: pellis, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 66: vellera, * Ov. M. 6, 592: pilus, Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 246: color equi, Pall. Mart. 13, 4: senectus, i. e. great age (because the deer was said to live to a great age; cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 28, 69; Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 119; Aristot. H. A. 9, 6), Juv. 14, 251.—
II Subst.: cervīna , ae, f. (sc. caro), deer’s meat , venison , Edict. Diocl. 4, 44.