Corvi

Corvi is a term with multiple, largely linguistic uses that cross language, biology, and culture. In classical Latin, corvi is the genitive singular of corvus, meaning “of the crow,” and it can also appear as the nominative plural form of corvus in certain texts, referring to several crows. In modern Italian, corvi is the plural of corvo, the word for crow or raven, and it also occurs in everyday language as well as in surnames or place names.

In biological nomenclature, Corvus is the genus that includes crows and ravens, within the family Corvidae. The form Corvi is not used as a current, valid taxonomic name in English; rather, it is a Latin grammatical form that may appear in historical or scholarly texts describing members of the genus or in discussions of Latin terminology.

In astronomy, Corvus is the name of a small southern sky constellation known as the Crow. The term Corvi does not denote a separate astronomical object or entity in standard usage, though it may appear in Latin-language literature or academic writing about Corvus.

In cultural contexts, crows and ravens are prominent symbols in mythology, folklore, and literature, and discussions of these birds may encounter the word corvi through translations or scholarly analysis of Latin sources.

See also: Corvus; Corvidae.