Corvinus

See also: corvinus

Latin

Etymology

From corvīnus (“pertaining to the raven”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /korˈu̯iː.nus/, [kɔrˈu̯iːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈvi.nus/, [korˈviːnus]

Proper noun

Corvīnus m sg (genitive Corvīnī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Marcus Valerius Maximus Corvinus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Corvīnus
genitive	Corvīnī
dative	Corvīnō
accusative	Corvīnum
ablative	Corvīnō
vocative	Corvīne

References

• “Corvinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Corvinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.