corax

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cŏrax, ăcis, m., = κόραξ,

I a raven , Sol. 40; Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 43.—

II Meton., in milit. lang., a hooked engine of war, a battering-ram (called in pure Latin corvus), Vitr. 10, 13, 7.

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