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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=cornix cornicis N F :: crow; (or related bird); (example of longevity); (insulting for old woman)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cornix</b>: īcis, f. [[kindred]] [[with]] [[corvus]] and [[κορώνη]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[crow]], Lucr. 5, 1083: [[rauca]], id. 6, 753: garrula, Ov. M. 2, 548: [[loquax]], id. F. 2, 89; Plin. 10, 12, 14, § 30 al.; [[renowned]] as [[being]] [[long]] lived, Lucr. 5, 1083; Cic. Tusc. 3, 28, 69; Hor. C. 3, 17, 13; Ov. M. 7, 274; Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 153 et saep.; its [[appearance]] on the [[left]] [[side]] [[was]] considered as a favorable [[omen]], Plaut. As. 2, 1, 12; Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85; Verg. E. 9, 15; Phaedr. 3, 18, 12; cf. Suet. Dom. 23; and its cries as a [[sign]] of [[rain]], Verg. G. 1, 388; Hor. C. 3, 17, 13.—Its eyes were used as a [[charm]], Prop. 4 (5), 5, 16 Paley ad loc.—From its [[custom]] of attacking its [[prey]] [[first]] in the eyes is taken the [[proverb]]: cornicum oculos configere, to [[delude]] or [[deceive]] the [[most]] [[wary]] (Anglice, to [[catch]] a [[weasel]] [[asleep]]), Cic. Mur. 11, 25 (cited ap. Quint. 8, 3, 22); and ellipt.: cornici oculum, id. Fl. 20, 46 (cf. Schol. Bobiens. V. 2, p. 242 Orell.).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>cornīx</b>,¹² īcis, f. corneille [oiseau] : Cic. Tusc. 3, 69 ; cornicum oculos configere [prov.] Cic. Mur. 25, crever les yeux des corneilles = tromper les [[plus]] clairvoyants ; [abrév.] «cornici oculum», ut dicitur Cic. Fl. 46 = il trompa [[plus]] habile que lui.
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{{Georges
|georg=cornīx, īcis, f. (griech. [[κορώνη]], [[verwandt]] [[mit]] [[corvus]], [[κόραξ]]), die [[Krähe]], [[schon]] im [[Altertum]] [[bekannt]] [[durch]] ihre Geschwätzigkeit u. Gelehrigkeit in [[Nachahmung]] menschlicher [[Laute]], dah. c. garrula, c. [[loquax]], Ov.: c. colore [[mire]] [[admodum]] [[nigro]], plura context verba exprimens et [[alia]] [[atque]] [[alia]] [[crebro]] addiscens, Plin. – [[sowie]] [[durch]] [[ihr]] [[oft]] [[sehr]] hohes [[Alter]], dah. c. annosa, c. vetula, Hor.: c. [[novem]] saecula passa, Ov.: [[natura]] cervis et cornicibus vitam diuturnam dedit, Cic. – [[bei]] den Alten [[Weissagevogel]], s. [[Suet]]. Dom. 23, 2: dah. Augurienvogel, [[dessen]] [[Flug]] u. [[Geschrei]] zur Linken [[ein]] günstiges [[Anzeichen]] gab, ([[datum]]) [[augurium]] corvo, [[laeva]] cornici omina, Phaedr.: [[quid]] (habet) [[augur]] [[cur]] a [[dextra]] [[corvus]], a [[sinistra]] [[cornix]] faciat ratum? Cic. – u. [[durch]] [[ihr]] [[Geschrei]] Vorbotin [[des]] Regens, tum [[cornix]] plenā pluviam vocat improba (die gottlose [[Hexe]]) voce, Verg.: u. aquae [[nisi]] fallit [[augur]] annosa [[cornix]], Hor. – Wegen ihrer [[Scharfsichtigkeit]] [[als]] sympathet. [[Mittel]], cornicum eruere genas, »den Krähen die Augen [[ausreißen]]«, um den besorgten Gatten [[blind]] [[bei]] dem [[Treiben]] seiner buhlerischen [[Frau]] zu [[machen]], Prop. 4, 5, 15 sq. – u. sprichw., cornicum oculos configere, den Krähen die Augen [[aushacken]] = [[selbst]] die Vorsichtigsten [[täuschen]], Cic. Mur. 25: u. dass. ellipt., [[qui]] cornici oculum, ut dicitur, Cic. Flacc. 46 (u. [[dazu]] Schol. Bob. in Cic. orat. [[pro]] Flacc. 20. no. 2. p. 242 B.; vgl. Quint. 8, 3, 22).
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