corax, coracis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
kind of siege engine; raven (L+S); hooked war engine; battering ram (corvus);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | corax | coraces |
| Gen. | coracis | coracum, coracium |
| Dat. | coraci | coracibus |
| Acc. | coracem | coraces |
| Voc. | corax | coraces |
| Abl. | corace | coracibus |
Examples
- T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...offuciis. hic quidem me numquam irridebit. Colaphe, Cordalio, Corax, ite istinc, ecferte lora. III.v COLAPHVS Num lignatum mittimur..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...neque Giton sub insolito fasce durabat, et mercennarius Corax, detractator ministerii, posita frequentius sarcina male dicebat properantibus, affirmabatque..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...circa rhetoricen Empedocles dicitur. Artium autem scriptores antiquissimi Corax et Tisias Siculi, quos insecutus est vir eiusdem insulae..."