corvus

See also: Corvus

English

Etymology

Latin corvus

Noun

corvus (plural corvi)

(historical) A hooked ram for destroying walls.
(historical) A grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare.

Latin

corvus (a raven)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *korwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós, imitative of harsh sounds (compare Middle Irish crú, Lithuanian šárka (“magpie”), Serbo-Croatian svrȁka (“magpie”), Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax), Old English hræfn), from *ḱer- (compare Latin crepō (“I creak, crack”), Sanskrit कृपते (kṛ́pate, “he laments, implores”)) + *-wós (whence Latin -vus).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.wus/, [ˈkɔr.wʊs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.vus/

Noun

corvus m (genitive corvī); second declension

A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and sacred to Apollo.
(nautical) A gangplank, used in Roman naval combat for boarding enemy ships.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	corvus	corvī
Genitive	corvī	corvōrum
Dative	corvō	corvīs
Accusative	corvum	corvōs
Ablative	corvō	corvīs
Vocative	corve	corvī

Coordinate terms

(nautical): harpagō, harpax

Derived terms

corvīnus
Corvus
in cruce corvōs pascere

Descendants

Albanian: korb
Aromanian: corbu
Asturian: cuervu, cuorvu, cuirvu
Catalan: corb
English: Corvus
Esperanto: korvo
Finnish: korppi
French: corbeau
Friulian: corvat
Galician: corvo
Italian: corvo
Occitan: còrb

Portuguese: corvo
Romanian: corb
Romansch: corv
Sardinian: colbu, crobu, colvu, corbu, corvu
Sicilian: corvu, corbu
Scots: corbie
Spanish: cuervo
Translingual: Corvus
Venetian: corvo, corf

References

corvus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
corvus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
corvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
corvus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
corvus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
corvus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin