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“crow” in Latin
cornīxcrowvehōto carry, bear, convey, transport; to ride; to be bornecorniculumdiminutive of cornū: A little horn.; A horn-shaped ornament on the helmet, awarded for bravery.PhaedrusPhaedrus (an Athenian aristocrat, friend of Socrates); Phaedrus (a Latin fabulist)canōto sing, recite, play; to sound, play, blow (a trumpet), especially a military call; to foretell, predict, prophesycantōsynonym of canō (“to sing, recite, play, foretell”); to enchant, or call forth by charms, chanttriumphōto triumph (over); to hold or celebrate a triumph, to make a triumphal procession; to exult, rejoice, celebrategracillōto cackle, cluck
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
crow
The bird; cornix. A young crow, cornicula (Prov., cornix cornici nunquam oculos effodit, Macrobius, Sat., 7, 5): to pluck or pull a crow, de lana caprina rixari (quarrel about a trifle): causam jurgii inferre (Phaedrus, try to pick a quarrel): Prov., the crow thinks her own bird the fairest, *asinus asino, sus sui pulcher, et suum cuique pulchrum (Ray).
An instrument to lift things or weights with: vectis; *vectis ligneus (of wood); *vectis ferreus (of iron).
crow v.
Of a cock; canere: cantare: cantum edere [☞ “cucurire” is not the natural crowing of this bird, but the loud boastful crowing of the cock; opposed to to the “clucking” of the hen, gracillare]: as soon as the cock crows, at cock-crowing, sub galli cantum: the crowing of the cock, cantus.
To boast, se efferre: se jactare: jactare se et ostentare: sublatius de se dicere: gloriosius de se praedicare: gloria et praedicatione se efferre: to crow about anything, aliquid jactare or ostentare: insolenter aliquid jactare (stronger term). [SYN. in To BOAST.]
To triumph (figuratively), triumphare: exsultare et triumphare: over anybody, triumphare de aliquo (Prop., Ov.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for crow?
- The usual Latin words for “crow” are cornīx, vehō, corniculum; also Phaedrus, canō, cantō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.