corvinus

See also: Corvinus

Latin

FWOTD – 1 March 2013

Etymology

From corvus (“crow”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /korˈu̯iː.nus/, [kɔrˈu̯iːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈvi.nus/, [korˈviːnus]

Adjective

corvīnus (feminine corvīna, neuter corvīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. corvine; of or pertaining to crows or ravens
   • ca.1250, Thomas Cantimpratensis, Opus de natura rerum V, xxxi "De corvo"

     Corvi gravidi dicuntur fieri, si eos corvinum ovum edere contigerit.

     Crows are said to become gravid if one moves them [off their nest] so one can eat a corvine egg.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	corvīnus	corvīna	corvīnum		corvīnī	corvīnae	corvīna
genitive	corvīnī	corvīnae	corvīnī		corvīnōrum	corvīnārum	corvīnōrum
dative	corvīnō	corvīnae	corvīnō		corvīnīs
accusative	corvīnum	corvīnam	corvīnum		corvīnōs	corvīnās	corvīna
ablative	corvīnō	corvīnā	corvīnō		corvīnīs
vocative	corvīne	corvīna	corvīnum		corvīnī	corvīnae	corvīna

Related terms

• corvus

Descendants

• English: corvine
• French: corvine
• Italian: corvino
• Portuguese: corvino
• Spanish: corvino

References

• “corvinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• corvinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “corvinus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “corvinus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray