I.having or bearing horns, horned (poet.): “cervi,” Lucr. 3, 751; Ov. M. 7, 701: “matres haedi,” Lucr. 2, 368: Taurus, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 110; Ov. M. 15, 511: “juvencae,” id. ib. 13, 926: “Ammon,” id. ib. 5, 17; 15, 309; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 201: “fluvius Hesperidum,” Verg. A. 8, 77; cf. “Numicius,” Ov. M. 14, 602: “Lyaeus,” id. Am. 3, 15, 17; v. Bacchus, I.—Subst.: cornĭgĕra , ōrum, n. (sc. animalia), horned animals, horned cattle, Plin. 11, 37, 85, § 212; 11, 45, 105, § 254 sq. al.; and ‡ cornĭgĕra , ae, f. (sc. cerva), a hind, Inscr. Orell. 1463.
cornĭger , gĕra, gĕrum, adj. cornugero,