corvus

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English

Etymology

Latin corvus

Noun

corvus (plural corvuses or corvi)

  1. (historical) A hooked ram for destroying walls.
  2. (historical) A grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare.
    Synonym: harpago

Latin

corvus (a raven)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *korwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós, imitative of harsh sounds (compare Middle Irish crú, Lithuanian šárka (“magpie”), Serbo-Croatian svrȁka (“magpie”), Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax), Old English hræfn), from *ḱer- (compare Latin crepō (“I creak, crack”), Sanskrit कृपते (kṛ́pate, “he laments, implores”)) + *-wós (whence Latin -vus).

Pronunciation

Noun

corvus m (genitive corvī); second declension

  1. A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and sacred to Apollo.
  2. (nautical) A gangplank, used in Roman naval combat for boarding enemy ships.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative corvus corvī
Genitive corvī corvōrum
Dative corvō corvīs
Accusative corvum corvōs
Ablative corvō corvīs
Vocative corve corvī

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References

  • “corvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “corvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • corvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “corvus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “corvus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • “corvus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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