κόραξ
Alt. κόραξ, ακος,
I. Lat. corvus, a raven or "carrion-crow", Aesch., etc.; in imprecations, ἐς κόρακας ""pasce corvos," "go to the dogs," "go and be hanged,"" Ar.; βάλλ᾽ ἐς κόρακας id=Ar.; οὐκ ἐς κόρακας ἀποφθερεῖ; id=Ar.; ἐς κόρακας οἰχήσεται id=Ar.
II. "anything like a raven's beak, an engine for grappling ships", Polyb.
2. "a hooked handle of a door", Anth.
3. "and instrument of torture", Luc.