κεράστης, ου, ὁ,
horned, ἔλαφος [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 568; κάνθαρος [prev. author] “Ichn.” 300 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a ram, ὦ κεράστα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 52 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Πάν Antip.[[ “Oxy.” 662.49, 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 27; Σάτυροι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Bacch.” 1 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—feminine κεραστίς, ίδος, of Io, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 674. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II as substantive, horned serpent or asp, Cerastes cornutus, [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 258, LXX.Pro.23.32, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.50, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 1.57; οἱ κ. ὄφεις 4th-3rd c.BC: Callias Historicus 3. ] LXX+4th c.BC+]
__II.2 pest which destroys fig-trees, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.14.5, 5.4.5. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]