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
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..."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..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sunt, ut maximum ea tempestate imperatorem M. Valerium Corvum consulem quartum facerent; collega additus Corvo M. Atilius Regulus..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...vitam finivisset. numerus etiam consulatuum celebrabatur, quo Valerium Corvum et C. Marium simul aequaverat, continuata per septem..."