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corvus , i, m. root kar-, kal-, to sound; cf.: καλέω, κόραξ, etc.,
B. Prov.: “in cruce corvos pascere,to be hanged, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 48.—
II. Meton., of bodies whose form or coloring is similar to that of the raven's bill.
A. In form.
1. A military implement, a grapnel, Curt. 4, 2, 12; 4, 3, 24 Mützell.—
2. A battering-ram, Vitr. 10, 19.—
3. A surgical instrument, in the form of a hook, Cels. 7, 19, § 33.—
4. The constellation Corvus, Vitr. 9, 7; Hyg. Astr. 3, 39.—
B. From its color, a sea-fish, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146; Cels. 2, 18; Aus. Ep. 4, 63.—
C. In mal. part. = fellator, Juv. 2, 63; cf. Mart. 14, 74.
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