corax
See also: Corax
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔ.raks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔː.raks]
Noun
corax m (genitive coracis); third declension
- raven
- battering ram (or similar siege engine)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | corax | coracēs |
| genitive | coracis | coracum |
| dative | coracī | coracibus |
| accusative | coracem | coracēs |
| ablative | corace | coracibus |
| vocative | corax | coracēs |
Descendants
- Translingual: Corax
References
- “corax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “corax”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “corax”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “corax”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “corax”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly