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Corinna
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Translingual
right|thumb|Various sac spiders and jumping spiders. No. 8 (top right) is Corinna capito species
Etymology
mul
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Corinnidae family certain corinnid sac spider s
Hypernyms
genus ; Corinninae subfamily subfamily
Hyponyms
genus Corinna rubripes species type species; Corinna aberrans species, Corinna aenea species, Corinna alticeps species, Corinna andina species, Corinna annulipes species, Corinna anomala species, Corinna areolata species, Corinna bicincta species, Corinna bonneti species, Corinna botucatensis species, Corinna bristoweana species, Corinna brunneipeltula species, Corinna buccosa species, Corinna bulbosa species, Corinna bulbula species, Corinna capito species, Corinna chickeringi species, Corinna colombo species, Corinna corvina species, Corinna cribrata species, Corinna cruenta species, Corinna ducke species, Corinna eresiformis species, Corinna ferox species, Corinna galeata species, Corinna granadensis species, Corinna grandis species, Corinna haemorrhoa species, Corinna humilis species, Corinna ignota species, Corinna inermis species, Corinna javuyae species, Corinna kochi species, Corinna longitarsis species, Corinna loricata species, Corinna macra species, Corinna major species, Corinna mandibulata species, Corinna mexicana species, Corinna modesta species, Corinna mourai species, Corinna napaea species, Corinna natalis species, Corinna nitens species, Corinna nossibeensis species, Corinna octodentata species, Corinna olivacea species, Corinna parva species, Corinna parvula species, Corinna peninsulana species, Corinna perida species, Corinna phalerata species, Corinna pictipes species, Corinna plumipes species, Corinna propera species, Corinna punicea species, Corinna recurva species, Corinna sanguinea species, Corinna selysi species, Corinna spinifera species, Corinna tatei species, Corinna testacea species, Corinna toussainti species, Corinna travassosi species, Corinna urbanae species, Corinna variegata species, Corinna venezuelica species other species
References
Corinnid sac spider
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English
thumb|Stewart Library and Town Office, Corinna, Maine
Etymology
From en grc -, probably from grc κόρη girl, maid, daughter; compare en kore.
Proper noun
en historical An ancient Greek poetess.
en 1816 Pindar Encyclopaedia Perthensis 17 2nd http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_UVQAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA559&dq=%22Corinna%22+poetry+OR+verse&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K4glUom9IcTPkwXYkoDgBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Corinna%22%20poetry%20OR%20verse&f=false 559 During this period he became acquainted with the poetess Corinna, who was likewiſe a ſtudent under Myrtis, and, Pauſanias ſays, was one of the moſt beautiful women of her time.
en 1999 David Mulroy Early Greek Lyric Poetry http://books.google.com.au/books?id=XgwMkFe9fbIC&pg=PA167&dq=%22Corinna%22+poetry+OR+verse&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K4glUom9IcTPkwXYkoDgBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Corinna%22%20poetry%20OR%20verse&f=false 167 The most renowned poetess of ancient Greece, after Sappho, was Corinna, who came from a town in Boeotia named Tanagra.
en 2005 David H. J. Larmour 2: Corinna's Poetic Metis and the Epinikian Tradition Ellen Greene Women Poets in Ancient Greece and Rome http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ISvb6fUSB9oC&pg=PA25&dq=%22Corinna%22+poetry+OR+verse&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K4glUom9IcTPkwXYkoDgBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Corinna%22%20poetry%20OR%20verse&f=false 25 it may not be going too far, in other words, to characterize Corinna's poetry as significantly "woman-identified," to use Rayor's term.
en female Ancient Greek.
1601, Thomas Campion, When to Her Lute Corinna Sings, A Book of Ayres, 2006, Jay Parini (editor), The Wadsworth Anthology of Poetry, page 614,
When to her lute Corinna sings, / Her voice revives the leaden strings,
en locality carea/Circular Head carea/Waratah-Wynyard and the carea/West Coast north western s/Tasmania c/Australia.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Penobscot County s/Maine c/USA; derived from the female given name. TopoZone: Corinna, Maine
en twp co/Wright County s/Minnesota c/USA, named after Corinna, Maine.
Related terms
Cora
Corina
Corinne
Translations
female given name
French: fr Corinne
German: de Corinna
References
Anagrams
en acinnor Cronian Norican
German
Alternative forms
de Corina
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female Corinna
Latin
Etymology
la Corinna :uder grc:Κόριννα + 1
Pronunciation
Corinna
Proper noun
Corinna<1>
A female given name from Ancient Greek
Declension
Corinna<1>