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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.

Cortȳnia (Gort-), ae, f., a town of Crete, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; cf. Gortyna.

† gōbĭus (also cōb-), ii, and gōbio, ōnis, m., = κωβιός, a fish of small value, the gudgeon, Ov. Hal. 128; Plin. 9, 57, 83, § 175; Mart. 13, 88; Juv. 11, 37; Aus. Idyll. 10, 131; form cobio, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146.

Golgoe or Golgi, ōrum, m., = Γολγοί, a town of Cyprus, famous for the worship of Aphrodite (Venus), Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 130; Cat. 36, 14; 64, 96.

Gŏmorra or Gŏmorrha, ae, f., = Γόμορ’ῤα,

  1. I. the city of Gomorrha, in Palestine, Vulg. Gen. 10, 19; 14, 2; 19, 28 et saep.; called also Gŏmorrhum, Tert. Apol. 40; Sol. 35.
  2. II. Deriv.: Gŏmorrhaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gomorrha: ruinae, Prud. Ham. 844.

Gomphi, ōrum, m., = Γόμφοι,

  1. I. a town of Thessaly on the Penēus, now Kalabaki, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29 sq.; Caes. B. C. 3, 80, 1: Liv. 31, 41; 32, 14; 36, 13 al.
  2. II. Deriv. Gomphenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Gomphi, Gomphians, Caes. B. C. 3, 81.

† gomphus, i, m., = γόμφος, a nail, peg, Tert. Mag. 12; Stat. S. 4, 3, 48.

gonger, gri, v. conger.

† gongylis, ĭdis, f., = γογγυλίς, a rape, turnip, Col. poët. 10, 421.

† goniaea, ae, f., a precious stone, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164.

Gonni, ōrum, m., a town of Thessaly near the Vale of Tempe, now Lycóstomo, Liv. 33, 10; 36, 10.
Also in the sing.: Gonnus, i, m., Liv. 42, 54; 67; 44, 6.

Gonnocondylum, i, n., a town of Thessaly, Liv. 39, 25 fin.

† gŏnorrhoea, ae, f., = γονόρροια, a seminal flux, gonorrhœa, Firm. Math. 3, 7, 8.

Gordaei, v. Gordueni.

Gordĭānus, i, m.,

  1. I. a Roman proper name; in partic., the name of three Roman emperors, Capitol. Gord.
  2. II. Deriv. Gordĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the emperor Gordian, Gordian: LEGIO, Inscr. Grut. 53, 10; Inscr. Don. cl. 3, no. 48.

Gordĭum, ii, n., = Γόρδιον, a city of Phrygia Major on the Sangarius, famous for the Gordian knot (v. Gordius), Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 146; Liv. 38, 18, 10 sqq.; Curt. 3, 1, 12 sqq.
Hence, Gordĭensis, e, adj., of Gordium, Scrib. 172.

Gordĭus, ii, m., = Γόρδιος, a king of Gordium, in Phrygia Major, famous for the inextricable knot on his chariot, which Alexander the Great cut with his sword, Curt. 3, 1, 15 sqq.; Just. 11, 7, 13 sqq.
Hence, Gordĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gordius: nodus, i. e. an insoluble problem, Amm. 14, 11, 1.

Gordiūtīchos, n., a town of Phrygia Major, Liv. 38, 13.

Gordŭēni (Cord-) or Gordyaei (Cord-) or Gordaei, ōrum, m., a people of Armenia, the modern Kurds, Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 118; Curt. 5, 1, 7: Gordyaeorum montes, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 129.

Gorge, ēs, f., a daughter of Œneus, and sister of Meleager and Dejanira, who was changed into a bird, Ov. M. 8, 543; Hyg. Fab. 174; the same, Gorgis, ĭdis, ib. 97.

Gorgĭas, ae, m., = Γοργίας.

  1. I. A famous Greek sophist of Leontini, a contemporary of Socrates, Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 7; id. Fin. 2, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 22, 103; id. Brut. 8, 30; id. Or. 12, 39 et saep.
  2. II. A rhetorician in Athens, instructor of Cicero’s son, and author of the rhetorical work from which excerpts have been made by Rutilius Lupus, Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 6.
  3. III. A sculptor of Sparta, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 49.

Gorgo, ŏnis, or -gūs (also Gorgŏ-na, ae, Prud. στεφ. 10, 278), f., = Γοργώ,

  1. I. a daughter of Phorcus, called Medusa, whose hair consisted of snakes, and who turned all she looked upon to stone; she was killed by Perseus. Her head was fixed on the shield of Pallas, and from her blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus, Ov. M. 4, 699; 5, 180; 202; Verg. A. 2, 616; 8, 438; Val. Fl. 3, 54; Mart. 9, 26, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124.
    In apposition: ora Medusae Gorgonis anguineis cincta fuisse comis, Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12.
    Plur., the Gorgons, the three daughters of Phorcus, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, all of whom are described as above, Verg. A. 6, 289; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; Mart. 10, 4, 9.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Gorgŏnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gorgon, Gorgonian: crines, Ov. M. 4, 801; 5, 196: domus, the dwelling of Gorgon, id. ib. 4, 779: ignis, id. A. A. 3, 504: venena, i. e. snaky hair like that of Gorgon, Verg. A. 7, 341: equus, i. e. Pegasus, Ov. F. 3, 450; Stat. Th. 4, 61: caballus, the same, Juv. 3, 118.
      Hence also: lacus, the fountain Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon, which burst forth where Pegasus struck the ground with his hoof, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 32.
    2. B. Gorgŏnĭa, ae, f., coral (which hardens in the air), Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164.

Gorgobĭna, ae, f., a city on the borders of Aquitania, settled by the Boii, perhaps the modern Charlieu, on the Loire, Caes. B. G. 7, 9, 6.

Gorgŏnĭdōnĭi campi, a name comically formed, qs. Gorgon-fields, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 13; v. Ritschl ad h. l.

‡ gorgŏnĭfer, ĕri, m. [Gorgo-fero], the Gorgon-bearer, a poet. epithet of Perseus: PERSEO INVICTO, Inscr. ap. Gud. 56, 8.

Gortyn, ȳnos, v. the foll. art.

Gortȳna, ae, and Gortȳne, ēs (also Cortȳnia, ae, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; and Gortyn, nos, acc. to the Gr. Γόρτυν, Val. Fl. 1, 709), f., = Γορτύνη,

  1. I. an important and very ancient city of Crete, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59; 12, 1, 5, § 11; Luc. 3, 186; Sen. Troad. 821.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Gortȳnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Gortyna, Gortynian; and poet., in gen., for Cretan (cf. Gnosius, under Gnosus, II. A.): judex, of Gortyna, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13: canis, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2: stabula, Verg. E. 6, 60: spicula, id. A. 11, 773: arbiter, i. e. Minos, Stat. Th. 4, 530: aliger, i. e. Dœdalus, Aus. Idyll. 10, 300.
      In Plur.: Gortȳnii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gortyna, Gortynians, Liv. 33, 3; 37, 60.
    2. B. Gortȳnĭăcus, a, um, adj., Gortynian, Cretan: arcus, Ov. M. 7, 778.
    3. C. Gortȳnis, ĭdis, f., adj., the same: arundo, Luc. 6, 214.

† gōrȳtos (-us) or cōrȳtos (⏑⏑, Sid. Carm. 11, 56), i, m., = γωρυτός.

  1. I. A quiver, Verg. A. 10, 169; Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 15; Stat. Th. 4, 269 al.
  2. II. An arrow: velox, Stat. Th. 7, 660.

† gossympĭnus, i, f., the cotton-tree, Gossypium arboreum, Linn.; Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 39.
Also called gossypion or gos-sipion, ii, n., Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 14.

Gŏthi, ōrum, m., = Γόθοι,

  1. I. the Goths, the great tribe of Northern Germany: huc possem victos inde referre Gŏthos, Aus. Epigr. 3 fin.; Inscr. Orell. 1135; 1159; and scanned Gōthi, id. ib. 1162 (of the year A. D. 565). Usually regarded as the same tribe, called, at an earlier period, Gŏthō-nes or Gŏtōnes, Tac. A. 2, 62; and, Gŭtōnes, Plin. 4, 14, 28, § 99; 37, 2, 11, § 35; but these were more probably the Getae, i. e. the Prussians and Lithuanians; cf. Holzmann ad Tac. G. p. 260 sq.
  2. II. Derivv.:
    1. A. Gŏthĭa, ae, f., the country of the Goths, Amm. 30, 2.
    2. B. Gŏ-thĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Goths, Gothic: bellum, Trebell. XXX. Tyrann. 30.
      Gothicus, i, m., a surname bestowed on the conqueror of the Goths, Inscr. Grut. 276, 4; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, p. 472.

Gothīni, ōrum, m., a Celtic tribe that inhabited the region about the modern Cracow, Tac. G. 43.

Gothones and Gotones, um, v. Gothi.