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See also: Corax
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.raks/, [ˈkɔräks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.raks/, [ˈkɔːräks]
Noun[edit]
corax m (genitive coracis); third declension
- raven
- battering ram (or similar siege engine)
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | corax | coracēs |
| Genitive | coracis | coracum |
| Dative | coracī | coracibus |
| Accusative | coracem | coracēs |
| Ablative | corace | coracibus |
| Vocative | corax | coracēs |
Descendants[edit]
- Translingual: Corax
References[edit]
- “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