corvo
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);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...fecero.— IV.iii EVCLIO Non temere est quod corvos cantat mihi nunc ab laeva manu; semul radebat pedibus terram..."Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quovis admittunt aves, picus et cornix ab laeva, corvos parra ab dextera consuadent; certum herclest vostram consequi sententiam..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...omnigenus perfusa coloribus in genere omni? conveniebat enim corvos quoque saepe volantis ex albis album pinnis iactare colorem..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...formatus Libys est cum cornibus Ammon; Delius in corvo, proles Semeleia capro, fele soror Phoebi, nivea Saturnia vacca..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Valerium Corvum consulem quartum facerent; collega additus Corvo M. Atilius Regulus; et ne forte casu erraretur, petitum..."