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1 flax
, falcissickle, bill-hook, pruning hook. -
2 Falcula
1. I.Lit., Cato, R. R. 11, 4; Col. 12, 18, 2.—II. 2.Falcula, ae, m., a Roman surname, Cic. Caecin. 10, 28; id. Clu. 37, 103. -
3 falcula
1. I.Lit., Cato, R. R. 11, 4; Col. 12, 18, 2.—II. 2.Falcula, ae, m., a Roman surname, Cic. Caecin. 10, 28; id. Clu. 37, 103. -
4 corvus
corvus, i, m. [root kar-, kal-, to sound; cf.: kaleô, korax, etc.], a raven, Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 121 sq.;B.acc. to the fable, orig. white, changed to a black bird in punishment for treachery,
Ov. M. 2, 541 sq.;on account of its gift of prophecy (oscen,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 11), consecrated to Apollo, Ov. M. 5, 329 (hence, Phoebeïus ales, id. ib. 2, 545:Delphicus ales,
Petr. 122; cf. also Stat. Th. 3, 506);its flight to the right indicated good fortune,
Plaut. As. 2, 1, 12; Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85.—Prov.:II. A.in cruce corvos pascere,
to be hanged, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 48.—In form.1.A military implement, a grapnel, Curt. 4, 2, 12; 4, 3, 24 Mützell.—2.A battering-ram, Vitr. 10, 19.—3.A surgical instrument, in the form of a hook, Cels. 7, 19, § 33.—4.The constellation Corvus, Vitr. 9, 7; Hyg. Astr. 3, 39.—B.From its color, a sea-fish, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146; Cels. 2, 18; Aus. Ep. 4, 63.—C.In mal. part. = fellator, Juv. 2, 63; cf. Mart. 14, 74.
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