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Caurus or Cōrus, i, m. [cf. Goth. skūra, the north wind], the north-west wind; form Caurus, Gell. 2, 22, 12 and 22; Lucr. 6, 135; Vitr. 1, 6, 5; Verg. G. 3, 356; form Corus, Caes. B. G. 5, 7; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 5; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 110.

1. chordus (cordus, v. the letter C), a, um, adj. [a very ancient word relating to husbandry, of unknown etym.], lateborn, or produced late in the season: dicuntur agni chordi, qui post tempus nascuntur, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 29; cf. Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 187; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; 2, 2, 5: faenum, the second crop of hay or after-math, Cato, R. R. 5 fin.; Col. 7, 3, 21; Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 262: olus, Col. 12, 13, 2: frumenta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 65, 10.

cŏhors (or cors; cf. Non. p. 83, 14 sq.; later aspirated orthog. of MSS. chors; cf. the letter C, and Schneid. ad Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3), rtis, f. [Sanscr. root har, rapio; cf. Gr. χορός].

  1. I. A place enclosed around, a court, enclosure, yard, pen, etc., esp. for cattle, poultry, etc.
          1. (α) Cohors, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2 sq.; 2, 2, 9; Cato ap. Fest. p. 146, 29 Müll.; Col. 8, 3, 8; 7, 3, 8; Ov. F. 4, 704.
          2. (β) Cors, Varr. ap. Non. l. l.; Glaucia ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65 fin.; Col. 2, 14, 18; Vitr. 6, 9; Mart. 3, 58, 12; 13, 45, 2; Pall. 1, 22.
  2. II. Meton. (cf. chorus).
    1. A. Lit., the multitude enclosed, fenced in; hence, in milit. lang., a company of soldiers, a division of an army, a cohort, the tenth part of a legion, comprising three manipuli or six centuriae (always written cohors), Varr. L. L. 5, § 88; Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 6; Veg. Mil. 2, 6; so Caes. B. G. 3, 1; id. B. C. 1, 73; Sall. J. 90, 2; 105, 2; Verg. G. 2, 279; id. A. 11, 500 al.: praetoria, the prœtorian or bodyguard of the general, Caes. B. G. 1, 40; Sall. C. 61, 3 al.
      Hence, trop.: habere scortorum cohortem praetoriam, Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24.
      1. 2. Opp. legiones, auxiliary troops, allies, Sall. J. 46, 7; Vell. 2, 112, 5; Tac. H. 4, 19; Flor. 3, 21, 18.
      2. 3. A troop of cavalry: centurio cohortis sextae equestris, Plin. Ep. 10, 106 (107) sq.
      3. 4. Per synecdochen, an army in gen.: cohors Inachiae servatrix, Stat. Th. 5, 672.
    2. B. Specif., the train or retinue of the prœtor in a province: praetoria, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 14, § 36; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 27, § 66; Cat. 10, 10; Tib. 1, 3, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 6; 1, 8, 14.
    3. C. In gen., a crowd, multitude, company, throng, attendants (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose): vaga, Cat. 63, 25: gigantum, Hor. C. 2, 19, 22: fratrum stipata, Verg. A. 10, 328; cf. Ov. M. 11, 89; Hor. Epod. 16, 60; Tac. A. 6, 9: amicarum, of courtiers, Suet. Calig. 19; id. Ner. 5; id. Galb. 7 al.: canum, Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 143: oratorum, Gell. 19, 8, 15: sectatorum, id. 13, 5, 1.
      Of things: febrium, Hor. C. 1, 3, 31.

cŏhortālīnus (cort-, Paul. Nol. Ep. 22, 2), a, um, adj. [cohortalis] (late Lat.), pertaining to an imperial body-guard: militia, Cod. Th. 16, 5, 48; cf. ib. 6, 35, 14.

cŏhortālis (cort-), e, adj. [cohors].

  1. I. Pertaining to a cattle or poultry-yard (freq. in Col.; elsewhere very rare): aves, Col. 1, prooem. § 27; 6, 27, 4; 8, 1, 3: gallina, id. 8, 2, 1: pullus, Cels. 2, 18: officina, Col. 8, 3, 8: ratio, id. 8, 2, 6.
  2. II. Pertaining to an imperial body-guard (late Lat.): officium, Cod. Th. 12, 58, 13: condicio, ib. 16, 62, 3 al.

cor (ŏ, e. g. Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 28; id. P. 1, 3, 32), cordis (gen. plur. cordium, Vulg. Jer. 4, 4, and 1 Cor. 4, 5; acc. to Fragm. Bob. Nom. et Pron. p. 132, also cordum, but without example), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. hrid; Gr. καρδία; Germ. Herz; Engl. heart], the heart (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).

  1. I. Lit., the heart, as the chief source of the circulation of the blood, and so of life, Cels. 4, 1; cf. Plin. 11, 37, 69. §§ 181 and 182: cor tineosum, opinor, habeo, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62: num igitur censes, ullum animal, quod sanguinem habeat, sine corde esse posse? Cic. Div. 1, 52, 119: cordis globus aut oculi, Lucr. 4, 119 et saep.
    Also for the Greek καρδία, the cardiac extremity of the stomach, Lucr. 6, 1150; Hor. S. 2, 3, 28; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 161.
    1. B. Meton. (pars pro toto; cf. caput, II.), a person: lecti juvenes, fortissima corda, Verg. A. 5, 729: aspera, id. ib. 10, 87.
      Of animals: canum, Lucr. 5, 864.
      A term of endearment, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 154 (cf. corculum).
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. The heart, as the seat of feeling, emotion, etc., heart, soul, feeling (poet.): videas corde amare inter se, from the heart, cordially, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 60: aliquem amare corde atque animo suo, id. Truc. 1, 2, 75: facinus magnum timido cordi credere, id. Ps. 2, 1, 3: neque meo Cordi quomquam esse cariorem hoc Phaedriā, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 121: corde tremit, Hor. C. 1, 23, 8: cura ex corde excessit, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 12: cor meum spes laudis percussit, Lucr. 1, 922: spectantis tangere querelā, Hor. A. P. 98: nequeunt expleri corda tuendo Terribilis oculos, Verg. A. 8, 265; cf. id. ib. 9, 55: curis acuere mortalia corda, id. G. 1, 123; 1, 330; id. A. 1, 302.
        1. b. Cordi est alicui, it lies at one’s heart, it pleases, is pleasing, agreeable, or dear: quod tibi magnopere cordi est, mihi vehementer displicet, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 88, 32; 89, 1: utut erga me est meritus, mihi cordi est tamen, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 110; Ter. And. 2, 1, 28: uterque utriquest cordi, id. Phorm. 5, 3, 17: idque eo mihi magis est cordi, quod, etc., Cic. Lael. 4, 15; id. Quint. 30, 93; id. Or. 16, 53; Liv. 1, 39, 4; 8, 7, 6; Hor. C. 1, 17, 14 al.; Cato ap. Macr. S. 3, 5 fin.
          With inf.: facere aliquid, Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 10: exstinguere vestigia urbis, etc., Liv. 28, 20, 7: subigi nos, id. 9, 1, 4 al.
        2. c. Cordi habere aliquid, to have at heart, to lay great stress upon, to value (post-class.), Gell. 2, 29, 20; 17, 19, 6; 18, 7, 3.
    2. B. Acc. to the ancients (cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18) as the seat of wisdom, understanding, heart, mind, judgment, etc. (most freq. in ante-class. poets): quem (Hannibalem) esse meum cor Suasorem summum et studiosum robore belli, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 2, 9 (Ann. 374 Vahl.): Ego atque in meo corde, si est quod mihi cor, Eam rem volutavi, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 3 dub. (bracketed by Ritschl): quantum ego nunc corde conspicio meo, id. Ps. 3, 1, 3: quicquam sapere corde, id. Mil. 2, 3, 65; Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 7; Lucr. 1, 737; 5, 1107: nec enim sequitur, ut cui cor sapiat, ei non sapiat palatus, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24 Madv.; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 91: stupor cordis, id. Phil. 3, 6, 16: cor Zenodoti, Fur. Bib. ap. Suet. Gram. 11; cf.: cor Enni, Pers. 6, 10; cf., in a play on the meaning, I. A.: si pecudi cor defuisset, Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 77 fin.

† 1. cŏra, ae, f., = κόρη (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v. III.), the pupil of the eye, Aus. Ep. 16, 59.

2. Cŏra, ae, f., = Κόρη, a name of Proserpine, Inscr. Orell. 2361; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 117.

3. Cŏra, ae, f., = Κόρα,

  1. I. an ancient town of Latium, in the territory of the Volsci, now the village Cori, in the Campagna di Roma, Liv. 2, 16, 8; 2, 22, 2; Verg. A. 6, 775; Luc. 7, 392.
    Cŏrāni, its inhabitants, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63.
    Hence,
  2. II. Cŏrānus, a, um, adj., of Cora: ager, Liv. 8, 19, 5: lapis, Isid. Orig. 16, 4, 31.
    Hence, Cŏrăcēsĭ-um, i, n., a town on the borders of Cilicia and Pamphylia, Liv. 33, 20, 4 and 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93; in the neighborhood of it is Mons Coracesius, Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99.

cŏrăcēsĭa, ae, f. [κόραξ], a magical herb said to make water freeze, Plin. 24, 17, 99, § 156.

‡ cŏrăcĭcus, a, um, adj. [κόραξ], of or belonging to the raven; only as subst.: cŏ-răcĭca, ōrum, n. (sc. sacra), the mysteries of Mithras, Inscr. Orell. 2343.

* cŏrăcĭno, āre, v. n. [kindr. with Sanscr. hrid; Gr. ], to caw, croak, κρίιζειν, Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 43.

† 1. cŏrăcĭnus, a. um, adj., = κοράκῖνος, raven-black: color, Vitr. 8, 3, 14; so absol., coracinum, Dig. 32, 1, 78, § 5 (al. croconum).

† 2. cŏrăcīnus, i, m., = κορακῖνος, a species of river fish, esp. in the Nile, Plin. 9, 16, 24, § 57; 9, 18, 32, § 68; Mart. 13, 85 al.

† cō̆rā̆lĭum or cū̆rā̆lĭum (cŏral-lum, Sid. Carm. 11, 110), ii, n., = κοράλλιον; Ion. κουράλιον, coral, esp. red coral, Plin. 32, 2, 11, § 21 sq.: curalium, id. 32, 2, 11, §§ 21 and 22: coralium, Ov. M. 4, 750; 15, 416; plur.: coralia, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 169.
In the form corallius, i, f., Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 153; masc., Isid. Orig. 16, 8, 1.

Cŏralli, ōrum, m., a people of Lower Mœsia, on the Danube, on the coast of the Black Sea, Ov. P. 4, 2, 37; 4, 8, 83.
Hence, Cŏrallĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Coralli: pelagus, Cassiod. Var. 6.

† cŏrallĭnus, a, um, adj. [κοράλλιον], coral-red: labra, Poëta in Anth. Lat. 1, p. 651 Burm.

† cŏrallis, ĭdis, f., = κοραλλίς, a precious stone, unknown to us, Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 154.

cō̆rallītĭcus, a, um, adj.: lapis, a kind of white marble found in Asia Minor, Plin. 36, 8, 13, § 62; Isid. Orig. 16, 5, 9.

† cŏrallŏăchātes, ae, m., = κοραλλοαχάτης, coral-agate, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 139.

cŏrallum, i, n., v. coralium.

cōram, adv. and prep. [prob. kindred with ōs, ōris].

  1. I. Object., in the presence of, before the eyes of, in the face of, before (freq. and class.).
    1. A. Adv.: vereor coram in os te laudare amplius, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5: omnia quae tute dudum coram me incusaveras, id. Phorm. 5, 8, 21: coram potius me praesente dixissent, Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 1: Manlius quoque ad restituendam aciem se ipse coram offert, i. e. before the soldiers, Liv. 2, 47, 4: ut veni coram, singultim pauca locutus, Hor. S. 1, 6, 56 et saep.: lenissimum genus admonitionis fuit traditio coram pugillarium, in their presence, in their own hands, Suet. Aug. 39.
        1. b. With gen. (very rare): coram noxae prehensus, in the very act, App. M. 9, p. 226 fin.
          So in coram with gen. in App. = coram: omnium, App. M. 7, p. 197, 21 Oud.; so id. ib. 9, p. 221, 17; 9, p. 223, 32; 10, p. 241, 5.
      1. 2. Esp., with verbs of command, in one’s presence, i. e. on the spot, forthwith (post-Aug.; mostly in Suet.): clipeos et imagines ejus coram detrahi jubet, Suet. Dom. 23: Pinarium … coram confodi imperavit, id. Aug. 27: essedum … redimi concidique coram imperavit, id. Claud. 16 (al. explain coram in all these passages as = coram omnibus, i. e. publicly, openly; cf. palam).
        Hence, coram deprehensus = ἐπ’ αὐτοφώρῳ, in the very act, App. M. 3, p. 131, 2.
    2. B. Prep with abl.
          1. (α) Before the noun: coram genero meo quae dicere ausus es? Cic. Pis. 6, 12: coram frequentissimo legationum conventu, Nep. Epam. 6, 4; Quint. 6, 3, 47; Tac. A. 4, 75: coram judicibus, Suet. Aug. 56: coram ipso, id. Tib. 43; so id. ib. 62: coram populo, Hor. A. P. 185: coram latrone, Juv. 10, 22 al.
          2. (β) After the noun (freq. in Tac.): ipso Germanico coram, Tac. A. 3, 14; so id. ib. 3, 24; 4, 8; 13, 32; Suet. Ner. 33; id. Oth. 1: te coram, Hor. S. 1, 4, 95.
  2. II. Subject. adv., present in one’s own person or presence, personally (very freq. and class.): quia ted ipsus coram praesens praesentem videt, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 43: istos rastros … faoito coram ut tradas in manum, id. Merc. 2, 2, 7: sine me expurgem atque illum huc coram adducam, Ter. And. 5, 3, 29: velut si coram adesset, Caes. B. G. 1, 32; so, adesse, Verg. A. 1, 595: eadem fere, quae ex nuntiis litteris cognoverat, coram perspicit, Caes. B. G. 5, 11; so, opp. letters, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1; 7, 3, 12; 12, 1, 2 al.; cf. with abl.: coram me tecum eadem haec agere saepe conantem deterruit pudor, quae nunc expromam absens audacius, by word of mouth, id. Fam. 5, 12. 1: coram cernere letum nati, Verg. A. 2, 538: quod coram etiam ex ipso audiebamus, Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 13: fidem nec dare nec accipere nisi cum ipso coram duce, Liv. 28, 17, 8; 28, 18, 7; 36, 11, 1; 43, 5, 6: rexque paterque Audisti coram, nec verbo parcius absens, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 38; Verg. A. 3, 173; Ov. M. 9, 560 et saep.

† cŏramblē, ēs, f., = κοράμβλη, a kind of cabbage injurious to the eyes, Col. 10, 178.

Cŏrānus, a, um, v. 3. Cora, II.

† 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.

2. Cŏrax, ăcis (acc. -acem, Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81; -aca, Quint. 2, 17, 7), m., the most ancient Greek rhetorician in Sicily, a contemporary, perhaps also teacher, of Lysias, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 91; id. Brut. 12, 46; Quint. 2, 17, 7; 3, 1, 8.
In a play upon words: quare Coracem istum vestrum patiamur nos quidem pullos suos excludere, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81.

3. Cŏrax, ăcis, m., a mountain in Ætolia, Liv. 36, 30, 4; 37, 4, 7.

* corbĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [corbis], a little basket, Pall. Febr. 10, 6.

Corbĭo, ōnis,

  1. I. Masc., a Roman surname: Hortensius Corbio, Val. Max. 3, 5, 4.
  2. II. Fem., a town of the Æqui, in Italy, Liv. 2, 39, 4; 3, 28, 10.
  3. III. A town of Spain, in the territory of the Suessetani, near the modern Berga, Liv. 39, 42, 1.

corbis, is (abl. regularly corbe: corbi, Cato, R. R. 136 twice), comm. [corbes dicti quod curvatis virgis contexuntur, Isid. l. l.; but more prob. kindr. with κόλπος], a basket (esp. for use in gathering fruits, etc.).

        1. (α) Masc., Auct. B. Hisp. 5, 1; Col. 11, 2, 99; Suet. Ner. 19; Prud. Dittoch. 147; cf. Col. 6, 3, 5 dub.
        2. (β) Fem., Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 165; cf. Caper de Verb. Dub. p. 2248; Cic. Sest. 38, 82 (abl. corbe).
        3. (γ) Of dub. gender, Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.; Cato, R. R. 136; Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 1 sq.; 1, 52, 2; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61; cf. Ov. M. 14, 644.

corbītus, a, um, adj. [corbis], with a scuttle, bower: navis, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 533, 18.
Hence, subst.: corbīta, ae, f., a slowsailing ship of burden: corbitae dicuntur naves onerariae, quod in malo earum summo pro signo corbes solerent suspendi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 37, 7 Müll.: corbita est genus navigii tardum et grande, Non. p. 533, 10; so * Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1; opp. celox, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 40; on account of its slow motion: homines spissigradissimos, Tardiores quam corbitae sunt in tranquillo mari, id. ib. 3, 1, 4.

†† corbōna, ae, f. [Syrian], a treasurechamber, Hier. Ep. 27, 14; Vulg. Matt. 27, 6.

corbŭla, ae, f. dim. [corbis], a little basket, Cato, R. R. 11, 5; Varr. R. R. 1, 15; id. L. L. 5, § 139; Col. 12, 50, 8; Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 4; Caecil. ap. Non. p. 197, 29; Suet. Ner. 19 al.

‡ corcholopis, a kind of ape having a tuft of hair at the end of its tail, Fest. p. 54 (where Lindem. reads cercolips, contr. to all MSS.; Müll. cercolopis).

† corchŏros or -rus, i, m., = κόρχορος, a poor kind of pulse, growing wild: Corchorus olitorius, Linn.; Plin. 21, 32, 106, § 183; 25, 13, 92, § 144.

* corcillum, i, n. dim. [corculum], a little heart: corcillum est quod homines facit, cetera quisquilia omnia, Petr. 75.

corcŏdīlus, v. crocodilus.

Corcŭlum, i, n. dim. [cor], a little heart, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 70; as a term of endearment, id. Cas. 4, 4, 14.
As a surname of Scipio Nasica, on account of his sagacity, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18; id. Brut. 20, 70; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 44, 6; and as masc. in plur.: Corculi cognominati, Plin. 7, 31, 31, § 118; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 61, 5 Müll.

Corcŭlus, i, v. Corculum.

corcus, i. m., a disease of the chest, Marc. Emp. 21 dub.

Corcȳra (y, Avien. Perieg. 663), ae, f., = Κέρκυρα.

  1. I. An island in the Ionian Sea, opposite Epirus; in fable, Scheria, the abode of Alcinous, now Corfu, Mel. 2, 7, 10; 4, 12, 19; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 52 sq.; Cic. Fam. 16, 7 init. and fin.; 16, 9, 1; Caes. B. C. 3, 3; Nep. Them. 8, 3 al.
    Hence,
    1. B. Corcȳ-raeus, a, um, adj., of Corcyra, Corcyræan: bellum, Nep. Them. 2, 1: epistula, written in Corcyra, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10: horti, i. e. of Alcinous, Mart. 13, 37.
      Subst.: Corcȳraei, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Corcyra, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 1; Nep. Them. 2, 3; Liv. 45, 43, 10.
      In sing., Ov. Ib. 508.
  2. II. Corcyra Nigra or Melaena, Κόρκυρα Μέλαινα, a small island in the Ionian Sea, on the coast of Illyr ia, now Curzola, Mel. 2, 7, 13; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 152.

corda, v. chorda.

cordātē, adv., v. cordatus fin.

cordātus, a, um, adj. [cor, II. B.], wise, prudent, judicious, sagacious (mostly anteand post-class.): egregie cordatus homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18 (Ann. v. 335 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Sen. Lud. Mort. Claud. 12, 2, v. 7; Vulg. Job, 34, 10.
Comp.: cordatior, Lact. 3, 20, 2.
Adv.: cordātē, with prudence, wisely (with docte and cate), Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 97; id. Poen. 1, 1, 3.

† cordax, ăcis, m., = κόρδαξ,

  1. I. the extravagant dance of Grecian comedy, distinguished by lively movement and wanton gesture, and by the rope which was kept passing through the hands of the dancers; the imitation of this dance was regarded as a mark of drunkenness or licentiousness: ducere, to dance it (κόρδακα ἕλκειν), Petr. 52, 9 (cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 34).
    Adject.: cordaces sententiae, i. e. tinnulae, staggering (together with modulatae), Fronto de Or. 2, p. 240 Mai.
  2. II. Transf. of the trochaic rhythm, in a loose translation of Aristotle (ὁ δὲ τροχαῖος κορδακικώτερος), on account of its hopping movement, Cic. Or. 57, 193; Quint. 9, 4, 88.

* cordĭcĭtus, adv. [cor], from the heart, deep in the heart, Sid. Ep. 4, 6.

cor-dŏlĭum, ii, n. [dolor], sorrow at heart, grief (ante- and post-class.), Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 67; id. Poen. 1, 2, 86; App. M. 9, p. 226, 28.

Cordŭba, ae, f., = Κορδύβη, a town in Hispania Baetica, on the river Bætis, now Caes. B. C. 2, 19 al.
Cordŭbensis, e, adj., of Corduba, Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7; 34, 2, 2, § 4; Auct. B. Alex. 57.
Hence. Cordŭ-benses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Corduba, Auct. B. Alex. 59.

Cordŭēna, ae, f., = Γορδυηνή, a district of Greater Armenia, now Kurdistan, Amm. 16, 8, 20 al.
Hence, Cordŭēni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Corduena, now the Kurds, Sall. H. 4, 60 Dietsch; Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44; Sext. Ruf. Brev. 20.
Called also Gordyaei, ōrum, m., Curt. 5, 1, 14; cf. id. 4, 10, 8; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30.

1. cordus, a, um, v. chordus.

2. Cordus, v. Cremutius.

† cordȳla, ae, f., = κορδύλη, the fry of the tunny-fish, Plin. 9, 15, 18, § 47; Mart. 3, 2, 4.

Corfīdĭus, ii, m., a Roman proper name, Cic. Lig. 11, 33.

Corfīnĭum, ii, n., = Κορφίνιον,

  1. I. a very strongly fortified town of the Peligni, north of Sulmo, now Pelino, Cic. Att. 8, 3, 7; Caes. B. C. 1, 15 sq.; Luc. 2, 478 al.
  2. II. Hence,
    1. A. Corfīnĭensis, e, adj., of or pertaining to Corfinium: clementia, i. e. exercised by Cæsar at this city, Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1; cf. exspectatio, i. e. of occurrences there, id. ib. 8, 5, 2.
      In plur.: Corfīnĭenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Corfinium, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 106.
    2. B. Corfīnĭus, a, um, adj., of Corfinium: ager, Front. Colon. p. 122 Goes.

‡ corgo apud antiquos pro adverbio, quod est profecto, ponebatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 37 Müll.

Cŏrĭa, ae, f., = Κορία, a name of the fourth Minerva, among the Arcadians, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59.

cŏrĭăcĕus, a, um, adj. [corium], of leather: naves, made of leather, Amm. 24, 3, 11.

cŏrĭāgĭnōsus, a, um, adj. [coriago], afflicted with the coriago (late Lat.; perh. only in Veg.): equi, Veg. Art. Vet. 2, 10, 2; 2, 16, 1.

cŏrĭāgo, ĭnis, f. [corium], a disease of the skin of animals, Col. 6, 13, 2; Veg. Art. Vet. 4, 12, 1; 5, 3, 1.

* cŏrĭandrātum, i, n. [coriandrum], coriander-water, Apic. 9, 1, § 410.

† cŏrĭandrum or -dron, i, n.; also -drus, i, f. [κορίαννον], coriander: Coriandrum sativum, Linn.; Cato, R. R. 157, 6 sq.; Col. 6, 33, 2; 11, 3, 29; Plin. 19, 7, 35, § 117 sq.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 103 Müll.; Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 25; Apic. 4, 3, § 174 sq.

cŏrĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [corium],

  1. I. of or pertaining to leather frutex, i. e. useful for tanning leather, Plin. 24, 11, 54, § 91.
    Hence,
  2. II. Subst.: cŏrĭārĭus, ii, m., a tanner, currier, Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 51; Inscr. Orell. 4074 al.

Cŏrinna, ae, f., = Κόπιννα.

  1. I. A celebrated Greek poetess of Tanagra, contemporary with Pindar, Prop. 2, 3, 21; Stat. S. 5, 3, 158.
  2. II. A feigned name of the object of the poet Ovid’s love, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 29; 3, 1, 49; id. Tr. 4, 10, 60; Mart. 8, 73, 10.

Cŏrinthĭa, Cŏrinthĭārĭus, Cŏ-rinthĭenses, etc., v. Corinthus, II.

Cŏrinthus, i (nom. Gr. Corinthos, Ov. M. 6, 416; acc. Gr. Corinthon, id. F. 4, 501; Mart. 9, 60; 10, 68), f.

    (
  1. I. masc., Inscr. Fratr. Arval. p. 30 Marin.: CORINTO DELETO), = Κόρινθος, Corinth, a celebrated commercial city in the Peloponnesus, pillaged and destroyed by Mummius, now the village Corinto or Gereme; it was situated on the Isthmus (hence, bimaris, Hor. C. 1, 7, 2; Ov. M. 5, 407; id. F. 4, 501; and: bimaris terra, Sen. Oedip. 282), Mel. 2, 3, 7; Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; Flor. 2, 16; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 61; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 44 et saep.; Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 27 al.
    Prov. of an entrance into the harbor of Corinth, dangerous to ships: non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum (in acc. with the Gr. Οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐς Κόρινθον ἐσθ’ ὁ πλοῦς, Gell. 1, 8, 4), Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36; acc. to others this proverb is supposed to refer to the expense of living at Corinth.
    1. B. Meton., poet., vessels made of Corinthian brass (cf. infra, II. A. 2.): captivum portatur ebur, captiva Corinthus, an entire Corinth, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 193 (vasa Corinthia, ex aere Corinthio facta, Schol.).
      Hence,
  2. II. Adjj.
    1. A. Cŏrinthĭus, a, um, Corinthian.
      1. 1. In gen.: ager optimus et fructuosissimus, Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 5: sinus, the Gulf of Corinth, Liv. 44, 1, 4; cf. isthmus, Sen. Thyest. 124: columnae, of the Corinthian order, Vitr. 4, 1; Plin. 36, 23, 56, § 178; cf. O. Müll. Archaeol. §§ 53, 108, and 275.
        Subst.: Cŏrinthĭi, ōrum, m., the Corinthians, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 262; Nep. Timol. 2, 1; Liv. 32, 17, 3 et saep.; in sing., Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 207.
      2. 2. Esp.: Corinthium aes, an alloy of gold, silver, and copper, very much valued in antiquity, and much used for costly ornaments, etc., Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 6 sq.; Flor. 2, 16, 6 Duker.; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 11; cf.: nobilis aere Corinthos, Ov. M. 6, 416; and poet. for great wealth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 6.
        Hence, vasa, made of it, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 143; id. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 46; Suet. Tib. 34 al.: opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 97: supellex, id. ib. 2, 2, 34, § 83; and subst.: Cŏrinthĭa, ōrum, n. (sc. vasa), works of art made of it, id. Tusc. 2, 14, 32; Suet. Aug. 70 al.
        Hence,
        1. b. Cŏrinthĭārĭus, ii, m.
          1. (α) A worker in Corinthian brass; sarcast. appel. of Augustus, on account of his love of splendor, Auct. ap. Suet. Aug. 70.
          2. (β) An inspector of Corinthian vessels, Inscr. Grut. 639, 7 sq.
    2. B. Cŏrinthĭăcus, a, um, adj., Corinthian: sinus, Liv. 26, 26, 2; Plin. 4, 4, 5, §§ 10 and 11: Corinthiaci ponti litora, Ov. M. 15, 507.
    3. C. Cŏrinthĭensis, e, adj., Corinthian (very rare): fons Pirene, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 23: litus, Tac. A. 5, 10.
      Subst.: Cŏrinthĭenses, ium, m., colonists: Corinthienses ex eo dici coeperunt, ex quo coloni Corinthum sunt deducti, qui ante Corinthii sunt dicti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 60, 11 Müll. ad loc.

Cŏrĭŏli, ōrum, m., = Κορίολα, a town in Latium, destroyed by Caius Marcius, who, on account of this, received the surname Cŏrĭŏlānus, Liv. 2, 33, 5 sq.
In plur.: Cŏrĭŏlāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Corioli, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 69.

† cŏrĭon, ii, n., = κόριον, a plant, also called chamaepitys or hypericon, Plin. 26, 8, 53, § 85 (corissum, Sillig).

Cŏrippus, i, m.; Flavius Cresconius, a Latin grammarian and poet, about the middle of the sixth century.

† cŏris, is or ĭdos, f., = κορίς, a plant, a species of hypericon, Plin. 26, 8, 51, § 86.
Also the seed of it, Plin. 26, 8, 73, § 119.

cŏrissum, i, n., another name of the plant chamaepitys, Plin. 26, 8, 53, § 85.

cŏrĭum, ii, n. (ante-class. cŏrĭus, ii, m., Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 11; id. Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 60, 7; Sillig reads caros in both places; Varr. ap. Non. p. 199, 16) [for scorium, kindr. with scortum; Sanscr. kar; old Germ. sceran; Gr. χόριον],

  1. I. skin, hide, leather.
    1. A. In gen.
      1. 1. Prop., of animals, Cato, R. R. 135, 3; Varr. L. L. 7, § 84 Müll.; Lucr. 4, 935; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121; Caes. B. G. 7, 22; Plin. 13, 9, 19, § 63 et saep.: corium formā publicā percussum, of the leather money of the Lacedæmonians, Sen. Ben. 5, 14, 4.
      2. 2. Of human beings, only in comic or contemptuous sense: Erus meus elephanti corio circumtentust, non suo, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 80; cf. B. 3. infra.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. Of plants, rind, skin, bark, covering, shell, etc., Plin. 15, 28, 34, § 112; Pall. Jan. 15, 12; Dig. 32, 52.
      2. 2. Of paper, Plin. 13, 12, 24, § 79.
      3. 3. Prov.: alicui corium concidere, to curry his hide, i.e. to beat him, Plaut. Am. prol. 85; cf.: fiet tibi puniceum corium, postea atrum denuo, id. Rud. 4, 3, 61: Hercle detegetur corium de tergo meo, id. Ep. 1, 1, 65; Varr. ap. Non. l. l.: satis facere alicui de corio alicujus, Sen. Suas. 7, p. 53 Bip.: petere corium, to flog, Cic. Tull. 24, 54; Sen. Const. 14, 2: canis a corio numquam absterrebitur uncto, i. e. habits stick closely, like the Gr. χαλεπὸν χορίῳ κύνα γεῦσαι, it is bad to let the dog taste leather, Hor. S. 2, 5, 83; and: de alieno corio ludere, i. e. at another’s expense, App. M. 7, p. 193; cf. Tert. Pall. 3; and: corio suo ludere, at one’s own expense, Mart. 3, 16, 4.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. A leather whip, thong, or strap, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 11; Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23.
    2. B. In building, the upper surface, a layer, stratum of earth, lime, etc.: pavimenti, Cato, R. R. 18, 7: harenae, Vitr. 7, 3, 8: summum laterum, id. 2, 3: parietum, id. 2, 8; Pall. 1, 17; cf. id. 1, 15: terrae, Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 47.
      So of the building of the bees, Plin. 11, 7, 6, § 16.

Cormasa, ōrum, n., = Κύρμασα, a town in Pisidia, Liv. 38, 15, 7.

Cornēlĭus, a,

  1. I. subst., a designation of a Roman gens celebrated as embracing the most distinguished Roman men and women (the patrician Scipios, Sulla, the Gracchi and their mother, etc.; the plebeian Balbi, Mammulae, Merulae, etc.).
    Also adj.; hence the numerous laws made by the different Cornelii, but esp. by L. Cornelius Sulla, were called Leges Corneliae; cf. Ernest. and Orell. Clav. Cicer. in Ind. Legum, p. 13 sq.; Dict. of Antiq.
    Fŏrum Cor-nēlĭum, a town of the Lingones in Gallia Cisalpina, Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2.
    Hence,
  2. II. Cornēlĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Cornelius, Cornelian: oratio, the oration of Cicero in defence of a certain C. Cornelius, Cic. Brut. 78, 271; id. Or. 29, 103; 67, 225; 70, 232; its fragments, v. in Orell. IV. 2, pp. 446-454, and V. 2, pp. 56-81.
    1. B. Cornēlĭāna Castra, a place on the African coast, in the vicinity of Bagradas, named after the camp of the elder Scipio pitched there in the second Punic war, now Ghellah, Caes. B. C. 2, 24 sq.; the same place was also called Castra Cornēlĭa, Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, §§ 24 and 29.

cornĕŏlus, a, um, adj. dim. [1. corneus].

  1. I. Horny, of horn (very rare): introitus (auris), * Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 146.
  2. * II. Transf., hard, firm, Petr. 43, 7.

* cornesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [cornu], to become like horn, grow horny, turn to horn, Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 261.

cornētum, i, n. [1. cornus], a grove of cornel-trees, Varr. L. L. 5, § 152 Müll.; cf. id. ib. § 146.

1. cornĕus, a, um, adj. [cornu].

  1. I. Of horn, horny, horn- (rare but class.): corneo proceroque rostro (ibes), * Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101: ora, Ov. M. 8, 545: arcus, id. ib. 1, 697: pyxis, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 142: laterna, Mart. 14, 61: crater, id. 12, 32, 12: ungula (equi), Luc. 6, 83; cf. solum, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4: porta Somni, Verg. A. 6, 894; cf. Stat. S. 5, 3, 288.
  2. II. Hard as horn, horny (very rare): corpora piscatorum, Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 102; 7, 19, 18, § 80.
    1. B. Trop.: fibra, hard-heartedness, insensibility, Pers. 1, 47; cf. corda, Sid. Ep. 4, 1.
  3. III. Of the color of korn (post-Aug.): cereum aut corneum, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 89: color, id. 36, 8, 12, § 61; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 894.

2. cornĕus, a, um, adj. [1. cornus], of or belonging to the cornel-tree or cornelwood: virgulta, Verg. A. 3, 22: clavi, Cato, R. R. 18, 9: hastilia, Verg. A. 5, 557: venabula, Ov. H. 4, 83.

1. cornĭcen, cĭnis, m. [cornu-cano; cf.: tibicen, tubicen, etc.], a horn-blower, corneter, Liv. 2, 64, 10; Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40; Juv. 2, 118; 3, 34 al.

2. Cornĭcen, ĭnis, m., a surname of several persons in the gens Oppia, Liv. 3, 35, 11 al.; also in the access. form Cornĭ-cĭnus, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4.

cornīcor, āri, v. dep. [cornix], to caw like a crow (very rare): quid grave secum inepte, Pers. 5, 12; cf. Prisc. p. 828 P.; Hier. Ep. 125, n. 16.

* cornīcŭla, ae, f. dim. [cornix], a little crow, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 19.

cornĭcŭlans, antis, adj. [1. corniculum], horn-shaped, horned (late Lat.): luna, i. e. the new moon, Sol. 32, 17; Amm. 20, 3, 1; cf. corniculatus.

Cornĭcŭlānus, a, um, v. 2. Corniculum, B.

Cornĭcŭlārĭa, ae, f., a lost play of Plautus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 al.

cornĭcŭlārĭus, ii, m. [1. corniculum].

  1. I. In milit. lang. (prop. one who had been presented with a corniculum, and thereby promoted), an adjutant of a centurion, tribune, proprætor, etc. (post-Aug.), Val. Max. 6, 1, 11; Front. Strat. 3, 14, 1; Suet. Dom. 17; Inscr. Orell. 3465; Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 28, § 71 al.
  2. II. Transf. to civil offices, an assistant, aid, secretary, Cod. Th. 1, 15, 11; 7, 4, 32; 8, 4, 10; Firm. Math. 3, 6.

* cornĭcŭlātus, a, um, adj. [1. corniculum], in the form of a horn, horned: luna, i. e. the new moon, App. de Deo Socr. p. 42, 1; cf. corniculans.

1. cornĭcŭlum, i, n. dim. [cornu], a little horn.

  1. I. Prop., Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 143; 11, 28, 34, § 100.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. A small tunnel of horn, Col. 7, 5, 15 and 20.
    2. B. A horn-shaped ornament upon the helmet, as a reward for bravery, Liv. 10, 44, 5; Aur. Vict. 723; Suet. Gram. 9; cf. Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 124.

2. Cornĭcŭlum, i, n., an ancient town in Latium, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68; Liv. 1, 38, 4; Flor. 1, 11, 6.
Hence,

  1. B. Cornĭcŭlā-nus, a, um, adj., of Corniculum; so the father of Servius Tullius, Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 7; and his mother, Ov. F. 6, 628.

cornĭcŭlus, i, m. [1. corniculum], the civil office of a cornicularius, Cod. Th. 1, 15, 11; 8, 7, 8.

cornĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj., having or bearing horns, horned (for the usu. corniger): cervi, Poët. ap. Mai, Auct. Class. 5, p. 456.

Cornĭfĭcĭus, a, the name of a Roman plebeian gens; so,

  1. I. Q. Cornificius, friend of Cicero and author of rhet. and gram. works, Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 2; Quint. 3, 1, 21 al.; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 3 al.
  2. II. A Latin poet, Cat. 38, 1; Ov. Tr. 2, 436; Macr. S. 6, 5; cf. Don. Vit. Verg. 67.

* cornĭ-frons, ontis, adj. [cornu], with horns on the forehead: armentae, Liv. And. ap. Non. p. 190, 21.

cornĭger, gĕra, gĕrum, adj. [cornugero], having or bearing horns, horned (poet.): cervi, Lucr. 3, 751; Ov. M. 7, 701: matres haedi, Lucr. 2, 368: Taurus, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 110; Ov. M. 15, 511: juvencae, id. ib. 13, 926: Ammon, id. ib. 5, 17; 15, 309; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 201: fluvius Hesperidum, Verg. A. 8, 77; cf. Numicius, Ov. M. 14, 602: Lyaeus, id. Am. 3, 15, 17; v. Bacchus, I.
Subst.: cornĭgĕra, ōrum, n. (sc. animalia), horned animals, horned cattle, Plin. 11, 37, 85, § 212; 11, 45, 105, § 254 sq. al.; and ‡ cornĭgĕra, ae, f. (sc. cerva), a hind, Inscr. Orell. 1463.

cornĭ-pēs, pĕdis, adj. [cornu], hornfooted, hoofed (poet.): capella, Cat. 19, 16: equi, Verg. A. 6, 591: Faunus, Ov. F. 2, 361: planta (Panis), Sil. 13, 338.
Also subst.: cornĭpēs, pĕdis, m. (so most freq. in Claud.), a horn-footed animal; of the horse, Sil. 3, 361; 7, 684; Claud. Fesc. 11, 11 al.; of the centaur Chiron, Claud. in Rufin. 2, 180 et saep.

‡ Corniscārum divarum locus erat trans Tiberim cornicibus dicatus, quod in Junonis tutelā esse putabantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 7 Müll.; cf. Inscr. Grut. 88, 14.

cornix, īcis, f. [kindred with corvus and κορώνη], a crow, Lucr. 5, 1083: rauca, id. 6, 753: garrula, Ov. M. 2, 548: loquax, id. F. 2, 89; Plin. 10, 12, 14, § 30 al.; renowned as being long lived, Lucr. 5, 1083; Cic. Tusc. 3, 28, 69; Hor. C. 3, 17, 13; Ov. M. 7, 274; Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 153 et saep.; its appearance on the left side was considered as a favorable omen, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 12; Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85; Verg. E. 9, 15; Phaedr. 3, 18, 12; cf. Suet. Dom. 23; and its cries as a sign of rain, Verg. G. 1, 388; Hor. C. 3, 17, 13.
Its eyes were used as a charm, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 16 Paley ad loc.
From its custom of attacking its prey first in the eyes is taken the proverb: cornicum oculos configere, to delude or deceive the most wary (Anglice, to catch a weasel asleep), Cic. Mur. 11, 25 (cited ap. Quint. 8, 3, 22); and ellipt.: cornici oculum, id. Fl. 20, 46 (cf. Schol. Bobiens. V. 2, p. 242 Orell.).

cornū, ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the connection cornu bubuli and cornu cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. (access. form cornum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.; gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60.
An access. form cornus, ūs, has been assumed on account of the rel. masc. in the passage: nares similes cornibus iis, qui, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the reading is correct.
The dat. sing. apparently never used; for in the connection: laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat … dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus, Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the supposition of the abl. is more in acc. with the usage of Livy; cf.: Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit, id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) [kindred with κέρας, and Germ. and Engl. horn; cf. also carina, cervus], a horn.

  1. I. Lit., a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121; of a bullock, Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.; also of the constellation Taurus, Ov. M. 2, 80; of the ram, id. ib. 5, 328; and the constellation Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111; of the he-goat, Verg. E. 9, 25; of kids, id. G. 2, 526 al.
    Of the antlers of a stag, Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, but freq. in late Lat., as one word, Cornūcōpĭae, and twice Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the fable, the horn of the goat Amalthea placed in heaven, Greek Κέρας Ἀμαλθείας (v. Amalthea), the emblem of fruitfulness and abundance, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.
    1. B. Meton., of things similar to horn in substance or form, or made of horn.
      1. 1. That which is similar to horn in substance.
        1. a. A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.
        2. b. Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.
        3. c. The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.
        4. d. A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.
          Far more freq.,
      2. 2. That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.
        1. a. The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2: cornu Indicum, Mart. 1, 73, 4.
        2. b. The horns of the moon, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.
        3. c. The branches of a river, Ov. M. 9, 774.
          Hence, the river-gods were represented with horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: corniger, tauriformis, etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under κέρας, V.
        4. d. The arm of the shore forming a harbor, a tongue of land, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.
        5. e. The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.
        6. f. The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed: cornua cristae, Verg. A. 12, 89: alterum cornu galeae, Liv. 27, 33, 2.
        7. g. The end of the stick around which books were rolled, usually ornamented with ivory, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107.
        8. h. The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.
        9. i. The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin.
        10. k. The top or summit of a mountain: cornua Parnasi, Stat. Th. 5, 532; Curt. 3, 4, 4.
      1. 1. The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.
        1. m. The wing of an army (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 (three times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 (twice); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq(seven times).
          1. * (β) Transf.: cornua disputationis tuae commovere, i. e. to drive back, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the passage in connection).
        2. n. The feeler or claw of an insect, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al.
        3. o. The stiff hair of the Germans: quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro? Juv. 13, 165.
      2. 3. Of objects made of horn.
        1. a. A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.
        2. b. A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet (cornua, quod ea, quae nunc sunt ex aere, tunc fiebant bubulo e cornu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.
          Connected with tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. cornu.
          In a sarcastic double sense with a.: dum tendit citharam noster, dum cornua Parthus, Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the passage in connection).
        3. c. The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.
        4. d. A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.
        5. e. An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.
        6. f. A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.
  2. II. Trop., as an emblem of power, courage, strength, might (the figure taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a very freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v. [??], p. 906, 6; poet.): ne in re secundā nunc mi obvortat cornua, Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5: venerunt capiti cornua sera meo, Ov. Am. 3, 11,: tunc pauper cornua sumit, gains strength, courage, id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.. tu (sc. amphora) addis cornua pauperi, etc., Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.
    Hence Bacchus, as a giver of courage, is represented with horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. Bacchus, I.; cf. of a river-god, I. B. 2. c. supra.

cornŭālis, e, adj. [cornu], of or pertaining to horns: concertatio, with the horns, Cassiod. Var. 1, 37.

* cornŭārĭus, ii, m. [cornu], a maker of horns or trumpets, Dig. 50, 6, 6.

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