κόραξ, ᾰκος, ὁ,
raven, Corvus corax (not in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πάντα τάδ᾽ ἐν κοράκεσσι καὶ ἐν φθόρῳ 'food for crows', [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 833; κόρακες ὣς ἄκραντα γαρύετον Διὸς πρὸς ὄρνιχα θεῖον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.87; ἐπὶ σώματος δίκαν κόρακος.. σταθεῖσα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1473 (Lyric poetry); κόρακες ὥστε βωμῶν ἀλέγοντες οὐδέν [prev. author] “Supp.” 751 (Lyric poetry); κόραξι καὶ λύκοις χαρίζεσθαι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 8 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; in imprecations, ἐς κόρακας 'go and be hanged', [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 852, 982; βάλλ᾽ ἐς κ. [prev. author] “Nu.” 133; ἀπόφερ᾽ ἐς κ. [prev. author] “Pax” 1221 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐς κ. ἐρρήσετε[[; [prev. work] 500; ἔρρ᾽ ἐς κ. 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 70; πλείτω ἐς κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1314 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐς κ. ἀποφθερε; [[ [prev. author] “Nu.” 789; ἐς κ. οἰχήσεται [prev. author] “V.” 51; ἐξελῶ σ᾽ ἐς κ. ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας [prev. author] “Nu.” 123; ἐς κ. ἔρρειν ἐκ τῆς Ἀττικῆς 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 94.5 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: as a prophet of bad weather, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 253, Thphr “Sign.” 16, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.129a, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of fair weather, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 1003, “Geoponica” 1.2.6, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; λευκὸς κ., proverbial of something unheard of, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 11.417, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “epigram” 43; but white ravens are mentioned by 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 519a6. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, [[[prev. work] 593b18. ] Refs]