cornix: Difference between revisions

|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.).