Corfīnĭum, ii, n., = Κορφίνιον,
- 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.
- II. Hence,
- 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.
- B. Corfīnĭus, a, um, adj., of Corfinium: ager, Front. Colon. p. 122 Goes.