Lewis & Short

† 1. cŏrax, ăcis, m., = κόραξ,

  1. I. a raven, Sol. 40; lsid. Orig. 12, 7, 43.
  2. II. Meton., in milit. lang., a hooked engine of war, a battering-ram (called in pure Latin corvus), Vitr. 10, 13, 7.