LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

corvīnus1

corvīnus (feminine corvīna, neuter corvīnum)
Classical[kɔrˈwiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[korˈviː.nus]

Meaning

  1. 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

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecorvīnuscorvīnacorvīnum
genitivecorvīnīcorvīnaecorvīnī
dativecorvīnōcorvīnaecorvīnō
accusativecorvīnumcorvīnamcorvīnum
ablativecorvīnōcorvīnācorvīnō
vocativecorvīnecorvīnacorvīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecorvīnīcorvīnaecorvīna
genitivecorvīnōrumcorvīnārumcorvīnōrum
dativecorvīnīscorvīnīscorvīnīs
accusativecorvīnōscorvīnāscorvīna
ablativecorvīnīscorvīnīscorvīnīs
vocativecorvīnīcorvīnaecorvīna

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.—
2. Corvīnus, i, m., a surname in the gens Valeria; cf. Gell. 9, 11; Flor. 1, 13, 20 Duker.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorh₂wós
  3. Proto-Italic*korwos
  4. 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
proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Corvīnus2
Corvīnus m sg (genitive Corvīnī)
Classical[kɔrˈwiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[korˈviː.nus]

Meaning

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by
  2. Marcus Valerius Maximus Corvinus, a Roman consul

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeCorvīnus—
genitiveCorvīnī—
dativeCorvīnō—
accusativeCorvīnum—
ablativeCorvīnō—
vocativeCorvīne—

Origins

From corvīnus (“pertaining to the raven”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Quick answers

What does corvīnus mean in Latin?
corvīnus, a adjective, means “corvine; of or pertaining to crows or ravens”.
How do you pronounce corvīnus?
In classical Latin, [kɔrˈwiː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [korˈviː.nus].
Where does corvīnus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós → Proto-Italic *korwos → Latin corvīnus.