corvum
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. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...falsae praemia linguae inter aves albas vetuit consistere corvum. Semifer interea divinae stirpis alumno laetus erat mixtoque oneri..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...veloci percurre oculo. plerumque recoctus scriba ex quinqueviro corvum deludet hiantem captatorque dabit risus Nasica Corano.' 'num furis..." - T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sunt, ut maximum ea tempestate imperatorem M. Valerium Corvum consulem quartum facerent; collega additus Corvo M. Atilius Regulus..." - P
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...vitam finivisset. numerus etiam consulatuum celebrabatur, quo Valerium Corvum et C. Marium simul aequaverat, continuata per septem..."