corax

See also: Corax

Latin

Etymology

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Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax)bor.

Latin corax

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

1. raven
2. 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