corvus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and sacred to Apollo.
- (nautical) A gangplank, used in Roman naval combat for boarding enemy ships.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *korwos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱorh₂wós
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bucephalus English
- Corbin English
- Corbyn English
- Corbynism English
- Corbynista English
- Corbynite English
- Corbynization English
- Corbynmania English
- Corbynomics English
- Corvus English
- Ravenclaw English
- Ravenscar English
- bulimia English
- buphthalmos English
- corbie English
- corbiestep English
- corvid English
- corvus English
- nonraven English
- raven English
- raven-haired English
- raven-messenger English
- ravener English
- ravenest English
- raveneth English
- ravenhood English
- ravenless English
- ravenlike English
- ravenly English
- ravenmaster English
- ravenness English
- ravenstone English
- *corbus Latin
- bugonia Latin
- bupaes Latin
- buprestis Latin
- coracesia Latin
- corax Latin
- corbellus Latin
- corvinus Latin
- crepatura Latin
- crepito Latin
- crepātūra Latin
- crepō Latin
- discrepo Latin
- increpo Latin
- recrepo Latin
- Bukephalosz Hungarian
- corvo Italian
- crepare Italian
- corbeau French
- cuervillo Spanish, Castilian
- cuervo Spanish, Castilian
- Βουγονία Ancient Greek
- Βουκέφαλος Ancient Greek
- Βουκεφάλας Ancient Greek
- Πόλυβος Ancient Greek
- βοάνθεμον Ancient Greek
- βουδάκη Ancient Greek
- βουκράνιον Ancient Greek
- βουλάπαθον Ancient Greek
- βουμελία Ancient Greek
- βουπόρος Ancient Greek
- βουσέλινον Ancient Greek
- βούγλωσσον Ancient Greek
- βούκερας Ancient Greek
- βούλιμος Ancient Greek
- βούπαις Ancient Greek
- βούπλευρος Ancient Greek
- βούπρηστις Ancient Greek
- βούτομον Ancient Greek
- βούτραγος Ancient Greek
- βούτυρον Ancient Greek
- βούτυρος Ancient Greek
- βούφθαλμον Ancient Greek
- βοῦς Ancient Greek
- βοῶπις Ancient Greek
- βόϊνος Ancient Greek
- κοράκινος Ancient Greek
- κορακῖνος Ancient Greek
- κόραξ Ancient Greek
- λύκος Ancient Greek
- νυκτικόραξ Ancient Greek
- πυρροκόραξ Ancient Greek
- ὀφθαλμός Ancient Greek
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱorh₂wós Proto-Indo-European
- ravn Norwegian Bokmål
- corvo Portuguese
- *hrabnaz Proto-Germanic
- ramn Norwegian Nynorsk
- hræfn Old English
- hræfnsweart Old English
- nihthræfn Old English
- raven Middle English
- hrafn Old Norse
- ravn Danish
- corbe Old French
- corbeau Old French
- corbel Old French
- corf Old French
- korvo Esperanto
- corb Catalan, Valencian
- hrafn Icelandic
- corvo Galician
- ագռավ Armenian
- corb Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- corbiu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ագռաւ Old Armenian
- ravnur Faroese
- къ́ркав Bulgarian
- къркавец Bulgarian
- koppe Middle High German
- korb Albanian
- *hrabn gmw-pro
- corvo Old Portuguese
- corbu Aromanian
- crep Aromanian
- còrb Occitan
- ramn Old Swedish
- *korwos Proto-Italic
- corv Romansh
- cuervu Asturian
- corbie Scots
- corvat Friulian
- *ḡurayb- Proto-Semitic
- corbeâ Bourguignon
- βοΐδιον grc-koi
- *gʷous Proto-Hellenic
- ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ Proto-Norse
- rawn Scanian