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corpŏro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [corpus], to make or fashion into a body, to furnish with a body.

  1. I. Prop.: semen tempore ipso animatur corporaturque, Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 66; cf. id. 10, 53, 74, § 148.
    In part. perf.: corporatus Christus et veste carnis indutus, Lact. 4, 26; Tert. Pall. 2: undique mundus, * Cic. Univ. 2 B. and K.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Of a picture: quae (pictura) prius quam coloribus corporatur, umbra tingitur, Non. p. 37, 13.
    2. B. To make a body or corpse, i. e. to kill: corporare est interficere et quasi corpus solum sine animā relinquere, Enn. and Att. ap. Non. p. 20, 21 sq. (Enn. Trag. Rel. v. 101; Att. Trag. Rel. v. 604 Rib.).
    3. C. P. a. as subst. (acc. to corpus, II.): ‡ corpŏrātus, i, m., a member of a corporation, Inscr. Grut. 45, 8; 496, 5 al.

corpus, ŏris, n. [cf. Sanscr. kar-, to make; Lat. creo], any object composed of materials perceptible by the senses, body, substance (opp. anima and animus; cf. the definition in Dig. 41, 3, 30 pr.).

  1. I. Lit. (very frequent in every period and species of composition).
    1. A. In gen., a body, whether living or lifeless: tangere aut tangi nisi corpus nulla potest res, Lucr. 1, 305: animi voluptates et dolores nasci fatemur e corporis voluptatibus et doloribus, etc., Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 55; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 10, 23: vita, quae corpore et spiritu continetur, id. Marcell. 9, 28: parvissima quaeque Corpora constabunt ex partibus infinitis, Lucr. 1, 617: ignea rerum, id. 1, 680: terraï, id. 5, 236: acerbum Neptuni, id. 2, 472: aquae, id. 2, 232 et saep.
      Poet., plur. for sing.: nudabant corpora (nymphae) venti, Ov. M. 1, 527; Tib. 1, 8, 52 (cf. σώματα, Soph. Elec. 1232).
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. The flesh of animal bodies: ossa subjecta corpori, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139; cf. Quint. 1, prooem. § 24; 12, 10, 5: amittere, to become poor, lean, Lucr. 1, 1038; Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2 fin.; cf.: abiit corpusque colorque, Ov. H. 3, 141; and the opp. facere, to become fat, to thrive, Cels. 7, 3 fin.; cf.: quo cibo fecisti tantum corporis, Phaedr. 3, 7, 5.
        In a play upon words: inque omni nusquam corpore corpus erat, Mart. Spect. 7, 6.
        1. b. Transf., the wood under the bark of a tree, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 234.
          Of discourse: nervis illis, quibus causa continetur, adiciunt superinducti corporis speciem, the covering, integument, Quint. 5, 8, 2; 2, 10, 5: corpus eloquentiae facere, the substance, the most essential part, id. 10, 1, 87; cf.: corpus orationis enervatur, Petr. 2.
      2. 2. A lifeless body, a corpse, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; 2, 27; Liv. 32, 13, 8 et saep.; Ov. M. 7, 548; id. F. 2, 835 al.
        In a double sense, Cic. Sull. 31, 89 Halm.
        Poet., the souls of the dead, the shades or departed spirits, Verg. A. 6, 303; 6, 306.
      3. 3. As opposed to the head, the trunk, Ov. M. 11, 794.
      4. 4. In mal. part., the body, person: usuram ejus corporis cepit sibi, Plaut. Am. prol. 108: illa quae corpus puplicat volgo suum, id. Bacch. 4, 8, 22; id. Cist. 2, 3, 21; cf.: corpore quaestum facere, id. Poen. 5, 3, 21 al.; v. quaestus.
        Hence also, the testicles, Phaedr. 3, 11, 3; Hor. S. 1, 2, 43.
      5. 5. Periphrastically for the individual, the person (esp. poet., to suggest that which is physically admirable or excellent; also freq. in the histt.): delecta virum corpora, Verg. A. 2, 18; cf.: lectissima matrum, id. ib. 9, 272: quo pulchrior alter non fuit, excepto corpore Turni, id. ib. 7, 650; 11, 690: septena quot annis Corpora natorum, id. ib. 6, 22: ultor vestrae, fidissima corpora, mortis, Ov. M. 3, 58; 7, 655: sororum, Sil. 14, 105; Val. Fl. 2, 653: conjugum vestraque ac liberorum vestrorum, Liv. 21, 13, 7; Tac. A. 4, 72 et saep.: uti corpora nostra ab injuriā tuta forent, Sall. C. 33, 2; Liv. 9, 8, 5; 31, 46, 16: qui liberum corpus (sc. Virginiam) in servitutem addixissent, id. 3, 56, 8; so, liberum, Sall. C. 33, 2; Liv. 5, 22, 1; 29, 21, 6; Plin. Pan. 33, 1.
        Of animals: corpora magna boum, heads, Verg. G. 3, 369: seu quis Pascit equos … Corpora praecipue matrum legat, id. ib. 3, 51; id. A. 1, 193: pro tribus corporibus triginta milia talentum auri precatur accipias, Curt. 4, 11, 6.
  2. II. Meton., a whole composed of parts united, a body, frame, system, structure, community, corporation, etc.; of ships, the framework, Caes. B. C. 1, 54.
    Of fortifications: totum corpus coronā militum cingere, Caes. B. G. 7, 72.
    Of a land: Sicilia dirempta velut a corpore majore, Just. 4, 1, 1.
    Of the state: alterum (praeceptum Platonis), ut totum corpus rei publicae curent, nec dum partem aliquam tuentur, reliquas deserant, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85: quae (multitudo) coalescere in populi unius corpus poterat, Liv. 1, 8, 1; cf. id. 34, 9, 3; and: nullum civitatis, a political body, id. 26, 16, 9; 38, 9, 12; Tac. G. 39; Just. 3, 2, 2: totum corpus Macedoniae, id. 7, 1, 12; Liv. 26, 16, 9: sui corporis regem creari, id. 1, 17, 2: corpus mercatorum, guild, Ambros. Ep. 20, 6: corpori valido caput deerat (sc. exercitui dux), Liv. 5, 46, 5: oriundi ab Sabinis sui corporis creari regem volebant, id. 1, 17, 2; cf. id. 4, 9, 4; 6, 34, 5 al.: fabrorum et naviculariorum, Dig. 50, 6, 5: utros ejus habueris libros … duo enim sunt corpora … an utrosque, nescio, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4; so of a book, id. Fam. 5, 12, 4; Sen. Tranq. 9, 6; Suet. Gram. 6; Dig. 32, 50 al.; cf.: corpus omnis Romani juris, Liv. 3, 34, 7; hence, Corpus Juris, title of a Roman collection of laws, Cod. Just. 5, 13: rationum, Dig. 40, 5, 37: patrimonii, ib. 4, 2, 20: omnia maternae hereditatis, ib. 4, 31, 79.