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Corvus
CORVUS
,Noun.
1.
In astronomy, a constellation of the southern hemisphere, containing nine stars.2.
A military engine or gallery used by the Romans for boarding ships in war. It was a strong platform of boards at the prow, movable as on a spindle, and thrown over the side of the enemys vessel, when grappled.Definition 2025
Corvus
Corvus
See also: corvus
Translingual
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Etymology
Proper noun
Corvus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Corvidae – the true crows: ravens, crows, jackdaws and the rook.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Aves - class; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Corvida - parvorder; Corvoidea - superfamily; Corvidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Corvus corax - type species. See
Corvus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies for other species.
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
English
Corvus constellation map
Proper noun
Corvus
- (astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky south of the constellation Virgo, said to resemble a crow.
Derived terms
Translations
constellation of the southern sky
See also
-
Corvus (constellation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
corvus
corvus
See also: Corvus
Latin
corvus (a raven)
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
Descendants
See also
- Corvus (boarding device) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “corvus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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