corax

See also: Corax

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈko.raks/, [ˈkɔräks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.raks/, [ˈkɔːräks]

Noun

corax m (genitive coracis); third declension

1. raven
2. battering ram (or similar siege engine)

Declension

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

• 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