I.Lat. corvus, a raven or carrion-crow, Aesch., etc.; in imprecations, ἐς κόρακας "pasce corvos," "go to the dogs," "go and be hanged," Ar.; βάλλ᾽ ἐς κόρακας id=Ar.; οὐκ ἐς κόρακας ἀποφθερεῖ; id=Ar.; ἐς κόρακας οἰχήσεται id=Ar.
II.anything like a raven's beak, an engine for grappling ships, Polyb.
2.a hooked handle of a door, Anth.
3.and instrument of torture, Luc.