Latin

Adjective

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

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.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “corvinus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray