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Κορβῖνος · Corvinus (κ 2070) · Suda

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Near κ2070

κ2066crow, raven
κ2067a crow is drawing water
κ2068to act the crow, to act like a crow
κ2069Korbanas
κ2070Corvinus
κ2071dances the kordax
κ2072Kordyaioi, Cordyaeans
κ2073club, swelling, head-wrap
κ2074Koreai, Coreae

Suda/Κ kappa/κ2070

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Κορβῖνος

Corvinus

Translated by David Whitehead20 Nov 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

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Translation

[a.k.a.] Valerius. [Surnamed] after the crow -- for Romans call crows corvi -- and perhaps after croaking; since the crow took part in the duel against a Celt.
Find the story of this in the 'to mangle' entry.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κορβῖνος· ὁ Βαλέριος. ἀπὸ τοῦ κόρακος· κορβοὺς γὰρ καλοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι τοὺς κόρακας, καὶ ἴσως ἀπὸ τοῦ κρῴζειν· ἐπεὶ ὁ κόραξ ἐν τῇ πρὸς Κελτὸν μονομαχίᾳ συνέπραξε. καὶ ζήτει τὴν ἱστορίαν ἐν τῷ ἀμύσσειν.

Betacode

*korbi=nos: o( *bale/rios. a)po\ tou= ko/rakos: korbou\s ga\r kalou=si *(rwmai=oi tou\s ko/rakas, kai\ i)/sws a)po\ tou= krw/|zein: e)pei\ o( ko/rac e)n th=| pro\s *kelto\n monomaxi/a| sune/prace. kai\ zh/tei th\n i(stori/an e)n tw=| a)mu/ssein.

Notes

[1] alpha 1685; and see also epsilon 2841, kappa 1307, kappa 2112.

Linked from3 entries

α1685Ἀμύσσεινto mangle[Meaning] to agitate, to lacerate, to scrape, to tear at. "Now mangling his cheeks with his talons, now pecking his eyes with his beak." "When he came out of his own division, a raven sat on the man's right arm, facing…
ε2841Ἐπώνυμονsobriquet, nickname[A name] which is said along with another proper name. "[Camillus] giving a sobriquet to Marcius, Corvinus, in reference to the animal which fought with him in his single combat." For Romans call the crow corvus. And…
κ2112ΚόρβοιcorviAmong Romans crows [are called this]. And Lucius was named Corvi[n]us, after what happened with the crow.

Neighbouring entries

κ2068Κοράττεινto act the crow, to act like a crow κ2069ΚορβανᾶςKorbanas κ2070ΚορβῖνοςCorvinus κ2071Κορδακίζειdances the kordax κ2072ΚορδυαῖοιKordyaioi, Cordyaeans

Revision history3 revisions · last 11 Mar 2013

11 Mar 2013Revised — David Whitehead
22 Nov 2006more x-refs — David Whitehead
22 Nov 2006set status — Catharine Roth
20 Nov 2006Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κορβῖνος (Adler number kappa 2070), trans. David Whitehead, 20 Nov 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/2070

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗