κόραξ
κόραξ,
ᾰκος,
ὁ,
A). raven, Corvus corax (not in
Hom.);
πάντα τάδ’ ἐν κοράκεσσι καὶ ἐν φθόρῳ 'food for
crows',
Thgn. 833 ;
κόρακες ὣς ἄκραντα γαρύετον Διὸς πρὸς ὄρνιχα θεῖον Pi. O. 2.87 ;
ἐπὶ σώματος δίκαν κόρακος .. σταθεῖσα A. Ag. 1473 (lyr.);
κόρακες ὥστε βωμῶν ἀλέγοντες οὐδέν Id. Supp. 751 (lyr.);
κόραξι καὶ λύκοις χαρίζεσθαι Luc. Tim. 8 ; in imprecations,
ἐς κόρακας 'go and be hanged',
Ar. V. 852 ,
982 ;
βάλλ’ ἐς κ. Id. Nu. 133 ;
ἀπόφερ’ ἐς κ. Id. Pax 1221 ;
οὐκ ἐς κ. ἐρρήσετε; ib.
500 ;
ἔρρ’ ἐς κ. Pherecr. 70 ;
πλείτω ἐς κ. Ar. Eq. 1314 ;
οὐκ ἐς κ. ἀποφθερεῖ;
Id. Nu. 789 ;
ἐς κ. οἰχήσεται Id. V. 51 ;
ἐξελῶ σ’ ἐς κ. ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας Id. Nu. 123 ;
ἐς κ. ἔρρειν ἐκ τῆς Ἀττικῆς Alex. 94.5 : as a prophet of bad weather,
Arist. Fr. 253 , Thphr
Sign. 16 ,
Plu. 2.129a , etc.; of fair weather,
Arat. 1003 ,
Gp. 1.2.6 , etc.;
λευκὸς κ., prov. of something unheard of,
AP 11.417 ,
Luc. Epigr. 43 ; but white ravens are mentioned by
Arist. HA 519a6 .
2). cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, ib.
593b18 .
II). anything hooked or
pointed like a raven's beak, cf.
κορώνη 11 ,
6). cock's bill, Hsch.
III). tub-fish (cf.
κορακῖνος),
Diph.Siph. ap.
Ath. 8.356a .
IV). a plaster,
Philum. ap.
Aët. 5.127 ,
Orib. Fr. 84 . (Cf.
κορώνη, Lat.
corvus, cornix, etc.)
ShortDef
carrion-crow
Corax
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
κόραξ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
κοραξ
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-59058
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">κόραξ</span>, <span class="itype greek">ᾰκος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">raven, Corvus corax</span> (not in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>); <span class="foreign greek">πάντα τάδ’ ἐν κοράκεσσι καὶ ἐν φθόρῳ</span> \'food for <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crows</span>\', <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 833 </span>; <span class="quote greek">κόρακες ὣς ἄκραντα γαρύετον Διὸς πρὸς ὄρνιχα θεῖον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.87/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 2.87 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ σώματος δίκαν κόρακος .. σταθεῖσα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1473" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1473/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1473 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">κόρακες ὥστε βωμῶν ἀλέγοντες οὐδέν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:751" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:751/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 751 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">κόραξι καὶ λύκοις χαρίζεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg022:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg022:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tim.</span> 8 </a> ; in imprecations, <span class="foreign greek">ἐς κόρακας</span> \'go and be hanged\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:852" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:852/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 852 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:982" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:982/canonical-url/"> 982 </a>; <span class="quote greek">βάλλ’ ἐς κ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:133" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:133/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 133 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀπόφερ’ ἐς κ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1221" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1221/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 1221 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οὐκ ἐς κ. ἐρρήσετε</span>; ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:500" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:500/canonical-url/"> 500 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἔρρ’ ἐς κ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pherecr.</span> 70 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πλείτω ἐς κ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1314" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1314/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 1314 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οὐκ ἐς κ. ἀποφθερεῖ</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:789" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:789/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 789 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐς κ. οἰχήσεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:51/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 51 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐξελῶ σ’ ἐς κ. ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:123" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:123/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 123 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐς κ. ἔρρειν ἐκ τῆς Ἀττικῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:94:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:94.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 94.5 </a> : as a prophet of bad weather, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg051:253" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg051:253/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 253 </a>, Thphr <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sign.</span> 16 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.129a </span>, etc.; of fair weather, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1003" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1003/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 1003 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gp.</span> 1.2.6 </span>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">λευκὸς κ.</span>, prov. of something unheard of, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 11.417 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.</span> 43 </span>; but white ravens are mentioned by <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:519a:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:519a.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 519a6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:593b:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:593b.18/canonical-url/"> 593b18 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> the constellation <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Corvus</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:449" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:449/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 449 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0363.tlg007:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0363.tlg007:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ptol.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tetr.</span> 27 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> title of a grade in the mysteries of Mithras, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg003:4:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg003:4.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Porph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Abst.</span> 4.16 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">anything hooked</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pointed like a raven\'s beak</span>, cf. <span class="quote greek">κορώνη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg003:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg003:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a> , </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">engine for grappling ships</span>, Plb <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg003:1:22:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg003:1:22:3/canonical-url/"> 1.22.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg017.perseus-grc1:5:106" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg017.perseus-grc1:5.106/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">App.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BC</span> 5.106 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">siege-engine</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001:100:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001:100.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Bel.</span> 100.18 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:17:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:17.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 17.44 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hooked door-handle</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0500.tlg001:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0500.tlg001:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Posidipp.</span> 7 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 11.203 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0732.tlg009:25:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0732.tlg009:25.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.Aphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in SE</span> 25.17 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hook</span> on a machine, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg002:15:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg002:15.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hero</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aut.</span> 15.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:49:4:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:49:4:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 49.4.16 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1204.tlg001:36:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1204.tlg001:36.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.Mech.</span> 36.10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1226.tlg001:50:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1226.tlg001:50.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Bito</span> 50.9 </a>: generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hook,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sammelb.</span> 1.24 </span> (iii A. D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">instrument of torture</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg035:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg035:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nec.</span> 11 </a> (s.v.l.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">κατακλείς</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg012:79:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg012:79.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hero</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Bel.</span> 79.11 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">point</span> of a surgical knife, <span class="quote greek">σμιλαρίου</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heliod.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:44:10:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:44:10:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 44.10.5 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κατιάδος</span> Id. ap. Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:44:14:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:44:14:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 44.14.4 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cock\'s bill</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tub-fish</span> (cf. <span class="foreign greek">κορακῖνος</span>), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diph.Siph.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:356a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.356a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 8.356a </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> a plaster, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philum.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0718.tlg005:127" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0718.tlg005:127/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aët.</span> 5.127 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 84 </span>. (Cf. <span class="foreign greek">κορώνη</span>, Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">corvus, cornix</span>, etc.)</div> </div><br><br>'}