ceruchus

cerūchus, ī, m. (κεροῦχος = κεραιοῦχος, die Segelstange haltend), das Tau, Lucan. 8, 177 u. 10, 495. Val. Flacc. 1, 469. Ven. Fort. vit. S. Mart. 4, 408. Ennod. carm. 1, 7, 43.

ceruchus [CL < κεροῦχος], ~a 1 brace supporting yard-arm (naut.). b ‘fane’, flag. c vane, weathercock (also fig.). caeruchi, liniae in arbore navis GlC C 222 (cf. ib. C 424: cerucae); verga [mali] cheruca vocatur Neckam Ut. 115; 1392 pro xiiij ulnis de canevas ‥ et pro cerucis ejusdem canevas Ac. H. Derby 281.  b stremare or fane, cherucus PP; a fayne of a schipe, cheruchus ‥, a stremour of a shippe, cherucus CathA.  c cheruca proprie dicitur ventilogium [gl.: veder coc], quod in Gallico dicitur cochet Neckam Ut. 115; regnantis venti gallus certissimus index / carmine non renuit esse cerucha meo Id. DS III 16; cheruca mobilis quo jubes vertitur, / et omni flatui concors efficitur (Palpo 313) Ps.-Map 116; fane of stypil or oder lyk, cherucus, ventilogium PP; hec cheruca, a wedyrcoke WW; a weddyr coke, campanum, ventilogium, cherucus CathA. 2 kind of fish. ~us piscis grandis est, cerci aut phocaenae fere magnitudine. ‥ prominent cornua duo majora, ‥ a quibus nomen ~i dedimus animali alioquin incognito Caius Anim. 28.