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cornĕus , a, um, adj. cornu.
I. Of horn, horny, horn- (rare but class.): corneo proceroque rostro (ibes), * Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101: “ora,” Ov. M. 8, 545: “arcus,” id. ib. 1, 697: “pyxis,” Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 142: “laterna,” Mart. 14, 61: “crater,” id. 12, 32, 12: “ungula (equi),” Luc. 6, 83; cf. “solum,” Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4: “porta Somni,” Verg. A. 6, 894; cf. Stat. S. 5, 3, 288.—
II. Hard as horn, horny (very rare): “corpora piscatorum,” Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 102; 7, 19, 18, § 80.—
B. Trop.: “fibra,” hard-heartedness, insensibility, Pers. 1, 47; cf. “corda,” Sid. Ep. 4, 1.—
III. Of the color of korn (post-Aug.): “cereum aut corneum,” Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 89: “color,” id. 36, 8, 12, § 61; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 894.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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