cornix

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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

Noun

cōrnīx f (genitive cōrnīcis); third declension

  1. crow

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōrnīx cōrnīcēs
Genitive cōrnīcis cōrnīcum
Dative cōrnīcī cōrnīcibus
Accusative cōrnīcem cōrnīcēs
Ablative cōrnīce cōrnīcibus
Vocative cōrnīx cōrnīcēs

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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.