cornix
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-, imitative of harsh sounds (compare Middle Irish crú, Lithuanian šárka (“magpie”), Serbo-Croatian svrȁka (“magpie”), Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax)), from *ḱer- (compare Latin crepō (“I creak, crack”), Sanskrit कृपते (kṛ́pate, “he laments, implores”)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkor.niːks/, [ˈkɔrniːks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkor.niks/, [ˈkɔrniks]
Noun
cornīx f (genitive cornīcis); third declension
- crow
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cornīx | cornīcēs |
| Genitive | cornīcis | cornīcum |
| Dative | cornīcī | cornīcibus |
| Accusative | cornīcem | cornīcēs |
| Ablative | cornīce | cornīcibus |
| Vocative | cornīx | cornīcēs |
Synonyms
- corvus
Derived terms
- cornīcula
- Cornīscae
References
- “cornix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cornix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cornix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cornix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette