corve
Dictionary entries
- Entry →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);
voc. sg.
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...didici per me dicere CAESAR HAVE. LXXIV Corvus Corve salutator, quare fellator haberis? In caput intravit mentula nulla..."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..."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..."
