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Dictionary entries

  • corvus, corvi:

    Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension

    Frequency:
    Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
    Field:
    Agriculture

    = raven; cormorant (w/aquaticus); kind of sea fish; constellation Corvus/Raven;; military engine; grappling iron; surgical instrument; fellator (rude) (L+S);

    Entry →
    voc. sg.

Examples

  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber XIV

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...didici per me dicere CAESAR HAVE. LXXIV Corvus Corve salutator, quare fellator haberis? In caput intravit mentula nulla..."
  • G

    Liber I

    Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE

    "...invidit, deinde sic coepit loqui:'O qui tuarum, corve, pinnarum est nitor!Quantum decoris corpore et vultu geris..."
  • P

    Metamorphoses II

    Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses

    "...quam tu nuper eras, cum candidus ante fuisses, corve loquax, subito nigrantis versus in alas. nam fuit haec..."

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