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Corvīnus

1.

A name given to M. Valerius, from his having been assisted by a raven (corvus) while engaged in combat with a Gaul. (See Valerius.)

2.

Messāla, a distinguished Roman in the Augustan Age. See Messala.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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