κόραξ

κόραξ, ᾰκος, ὁ,

A raven, Corvus corax (not in Hom.); πάντα τάδ' ἐν κοράκεσσι καὶ ἐν φθόρῳ 'food for crows', 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 imprecations, ἐς κόρακας 'go and be hanged', Ar.V.852, 982;

βάλλ' ἐς κ. Id.Nu.133

;

ἀπόφερ' ἐς κ. Id.Pax1221

; οὐκ ἐς κ. ἐρρήσετε; ib.500;

ἔρρ' ἐς κ. Pherecr.70

;

πλείτω ἐς κ. Ar.Eq.1314

; οὐκ ἐς κ. ἀποφθερεῖ; Id.Nu. 789;

ἐς κ. οἰχήσεται Id.V.51

;

ἐξελῶ σ' ἐς κ. ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας Id.Nu.123

;

ἐς κ. 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 κ., prov. of something unheard of, AP11.417, Luc.Epigr.43; but white ravens are mentioned by Arist. HA519a6.

2 cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, ib.593b18.

3 the constellation Corvus, Arat.449, Ptol.Tetr.27, etc.

4 title of a grade in the mysteries of Mithras, Porph.Abst.4.16.

II anything hooked or pointed like a raven's beak, cf.

κορώνη 11

,

1 engine for grappling ships, Plb 1.22.3, App.BC5.106.

b siege-engine, Ph.Bel.100.18, D.S.17.44.

2 hooked door-handle, Posidipp.7, AP11.203, Alex.Aphr.in SE25.17; 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.).

3 instrument of torture, Luc.Nec.11 (s.v.l.).

4 = κατακλείς, Hero Bel.79.11.

5 point of a surgical knife,

σμιλαρίου Heliod.

ap. Orib.44.10.5; κατιάδος Id. ap. Sch.Orib. 44.14.4.

6 cock's bill, Hsch.

III tub-fish (cf. κορακῖνος), Diph.Siph. ap. Ath.8.356a.

IV a plaster, Philum. ap. Aët.5.127, Orib.Fr.84. (Cf. κορώνη, Lat. corvus, cornix, etc.)