κόραξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ᾰκος, ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[raven]], [[Corvus corax]] (not in Hom.); <b class="b3">πάντα τάδ' ἐν κοράκεσσι καὶ ἐν φθόρῳ</b> '[[food]] for [[crow]]s', Thgn.833; κόρακες ὣς ἄκραντα γαρύετον Διὸς πρὸς ὄρνιχα θεῖον Pi.''O.''2.87; ἐπὶ σώματος δίκαν κόρακος… σταθεῖσα A.''Ag.''1473(lyr.); κόρακες ὥστε βωμῶν ἀλέγοντες οὐδέν Id.''Supp.''751 (lyr.); κόραξι καὶ λύκοις [[χαρίζεσθαι]] Luc. ''Tim.''8; in [[imprecation]]s, [[ἐς κόρακας]] '[[go and be hanged]]', Ar.''V.''852, 982; βάλλ' ἐς κόρακας Id.''Nu.''133; ἀπόφερ' ἐς κόρακας Id.''Pax''1221; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐς κόρακας ἐρρήσετε</b>; ib.500; [[ἔρρ' ἐς κόρακας]] Pherecr.70; πλείτω ἐς κόρακας [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1314; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐς κόρακας ἀποφθερεῖ</b>; Id.''Nu.'' 789; ἐς κόρακας οἰχήσεται Id.''V.''51; ἐξελῶ σ' ἐς κόρακας ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας Id.''Nu.''123; ἐς κόρακας ἔρρειν ἐκ τῆς Ἀττικῆς Alex.94.5: as a [[prophet]] of [[bad]] [[weather]], Arist.''Fr.''253, Thphr ''Sign.''16, Plu.2.129a, etc.; of [[fair]] [[weather]], Arat.1003, ''Gp.''1.2.6, etc.; [[λευκὸς κόραξ]], [[proverb|prov.]] of something [[unheard of]], ''AP''11.417, Luc.''Epigr.''43; but white ravens are mentioned by Arist. ''HA''519a6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[cormorant]], [[Phalacrocorax carbo]], ib.593b18.<br><span class="bld">3</span> the [[constellation]] [[Corvus]], Arat.449, Ptol.''Tetr.''27, etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[title]] of a [[grade]] in the mysteries of [[Mithras]], Porph.''Abst.''4.16.<br><span class="bld">II</span> anything [[hooked]] or [[pointed]] like a [[raven]]'s [[beak]], cf. [[κορώνη]] ''ΙΙ'',<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[engine for grappling ships]], Plb 1.22.3, App.''BC''5.106.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[siege]]-[[engine]], Ph.''Bel.''100.18, D.S.17.44.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[hooked door-handle]], Posidipp.7, ''AP''11.203, Alex.Aphr.''in SE''25.17; [[hook]] on a [[machine]], Hero ''Aut.'' 15.3, Orib.49.4.16, Ath.Mech.36.10, Bito 50.9: generally, [[hook]], Sammelb.1.24 (iii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[instrument of torture]], Luc.''Nec.''11 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]).<br><span class="bld">4</span> = [[κατακλείς]], Hero ''Bel.''79.11.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[point]] of a [[surgical]] [[knife]], [[σμιλάριον|σμιλαρίου]] Heliod. ap. Orib.44.10.5; [[κόρακας|κατιάδος]] Id. ap. Sch.Orib. 44.14.4.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[cock's bill]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[tub]]-[[fish]] (cf. [[κορακῖνος]]), Diph.Siph. ap. Ath.8.356a.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> a [[plaster]], Philum. ap. Aët.5.127, Orib.''Fr.''84. (Cf. [[κορώνη]], Lat. [[corvus]], [[cornix]], etc.)