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Corinthius
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Latin
Etymology
la Corinthius :af Corinthus -ius + 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
Corinthius
of Corinth, Corinthian
la Cicero Agr. 1 2 5 deinde agrum optimum et fructuosissimum Corinthium qui L. Mummi imperio ac felicitate ad vectigalia populi Romani adiunctus est, After that, that most excellent and productive land which belongs Corinth, which was added to the revenues of the Roman people by the campaigns and successes of Lucius Mummius. 1856 Charles Duke Yonge
la Livy From the Founding of the City 44 1 4 praetor superato Leucata Corinthium sinum invectus the praetor rounded Cape Leucas, entered the Gulf of Corinth 1951 Alfred C. Schlesinger
la Vitr. De architectura 4 1 Columnae corinthiae praeter capitula omnes symmetrias habent uti ionicae, The Corinthian Column is, except in its capital, of the same proportion as the Ionic: 1826 Joseph Gwilt
Declension
Corinthius
Synonyms
la Corinthiacus, la Corinthiēnsis
Derived terms
la Corinthius sinus
Noun
Corinthius<2>
a Corinthian (person)
la Plin. Naturalis Historia 7 LVII 198 figlinas Coroebus Atheniensis, in iis orbem Anarcharsis Scythes, ut alii, Hyperbius Corinthius. Choræbus, the Athenian, was the first who made earthen vessels; but Anacharsis, the Scthian, or, according to others, Hyperbius, the Corinthian, first invented the potter's wheel. 1855–1857 John Bostock (physician) John Bostock and Henry Thomas Riley H. T. Riley
Declension
Corinthius<2>
Further reading
Corinthus Corinthus
Corinthus
la Demonyms