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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.

† 1. cōrycus (cōrĭ-), i, m., = κώρυκος, a leathern sack filled with sand, flour, etc., by means of which the athletae exercised in the palæstra; only fig.: corycus laterum et vocis meae Bestia, Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 26 B. and K., Halm; cf. Klotz and Orell. ad loc.