corvos
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);
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
- T
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...fecero.— IV.iii EVCLIO Non temere est quod corvos cantat mihi nunc ab laeva manu; semul radebat pedibus terram..." - T
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quovis admittunt aves, picus et cornix ab laeva, corvos parra ab dextera consuadent; certum herclest vostram consequi sententiam..." - T
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..." - P
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..." - T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Valerium Corvum consulem quartum facerent; collega additus Corvo M. Atilius Regulus; et ne forte casu erraretur, petitum..."