cervices

cervices is a Latin form of cervix, meaning “neck, nape of the neck”. It is the accusative plural feminine noun.

Found 50 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 30: … testis in hunc et accusatores huiusce pecunia comparant; hanc condicionem misero ferunt ut optet utrum malit cervices T. Tito Roscio dare an insutus in culleum per summum dedecus vitam amittere. patronos huic defuturos putaveru …

Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 4.7e.1: … sset, alter uadem se pro reditu eius tyranno dare non dubitaret. solutus erat periculo mortis qui modo gladio ceruices subiectas habuerat: eidem caput suum subiecerat cui securo uiuere licebat. igitur omnes et in primis Dionysiu …

All forms of cervix (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.