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