raven

Greek Noun Male

κόραξ, -ακος, ὁ [in LXX for עֹרֵב;] a raven: Luk.12:24. (AS)

raven

Greek Noun Male

κόραξ, ᾰκος, ὁ, raven, Corvus corax (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πάντα τάδ᾽ ἐν κοράκεσσι καὶ ἐν φθόρῳ 'food for crows', [Refs 6th c.BC+]; in imprecations, ἐς κόρακας 'go and be hanged', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐς κ. ἐρρήσετε[Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐς κ. ἀποφθερε; [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: as a prophet of bad weather, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of fair weather, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λευκὸς κ, proverbial of something unheard of, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, [Refs] 3) the constellation [Refs 4th c.BC+] 4) title of a grade in the mysteries of Mithras, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] II) anything hooked or pointed like a raven's beak,[Refs] II.1) engine for grappling ships,[Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.1.b) siege-engine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] II.2) hooked door-handle, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; hook on a machine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: generally, hook, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] II.3) instrument of torture, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.4) ={κατακλείς}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II.5) point of a surgical knife, σμιλαρίου [Refs 1st c.AD+]; κατιάδος [Refs 4th c.AD+] II.6) cock's bill, [Refs 5th c.AD+] III) tub-fish (compare κορακῖνος), [Refs 3rd c.BC+] IV) a plaster, [Refs 3rd c.AD+], Latin corvus, cornix, etc.)

Greek

Noun Masculine

a crow (from its voracity); raven; perhaps from g2880 (κορέννυμι)