adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
corvīnus1
corvīnus (feminine corvīna, neuter corvīnum)
Classical[kɔrˈwiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[korˈviː.nus]
Meaning
- adjectivecorvine; 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
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | corvīnus | corvīna | corvīnum |
| genitive | corvīnī | corvīnae | corvīnī |
| dative | corvīnō | corvīnae | corvīnō |
| accusative | corvīnum | corvīnam | corvīnum |
| ablative | corvīnō | corvīnā | corvīnō |
| vocative | corvīne | corvīna | corvīnum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | corvīnī | corvīnae | corvīna |
| genitive | corvīnōrum | corvīnārum | corvīnōrum |
| dative | corvīnīs | corvīnīs | corvīnīs |
| accusative | corvīnōs | corvīnās | corvīna |
| ablative | corvīnīs | corvīnīs | corvīnīs |
| vocative | corvīnī | corvīnae | corvīna |
corvīnus, a, um, adj. corvus,
I. of or pertaining to the raven, raven-:
ovum, Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 32: nigredo, App. M. 2, p. 118, 31.—Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱorh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱorh₂wós
- Proto-Italic*korwos
- Latincorvīnus
Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin corvīnus From corvus (“crow”) + -īnus.
Descendants
- Englishcorvine
- Frenchcorvine
- Italiancorvino
- Portuguesecorvino
- Spanishcorvino