Corinthius

Corinthius

Latin

Etymology

    From Corinthus + -ius.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    Corinthius (feminine Corinthia, neuter Corinthium); first/second-declension adjective

    1. of Corinth, Corinthian
      • 63 BCE, Cicero, De lege agraria 1.2.5:
        [] deinde agrum optimum et fructuosissimum Corinthium qui L. Mummi imperio ac felicitate ad vectigalia populi Romani adiunctus est, []
        • 1856 translation by Charles Duke Yonge
          After that, that most excellent and productive land which belongs Corinth, which was added to the revenues of the Roman people by the campaigns and successes of Lucius Mummius.
      • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 44.1.4:
        [] praetor superato Leucata Corinthium sinum invectus []
        • 1951 translation by Alfred C. Schlesinger
          [] the praetor rounded Cape Leucas, entered the Gulf of Corinth []
      • c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 4.1:
        Columnae corinthiae praeter capitula omnes symmetrias habent uti ionicae, []
        • 1826 translation by Joseph Gwilt
          The Corinthian Column is, except in its capital, of the same proportion as the Ionic:

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative Corinthius Corinthia Corinthium Corinthiī Corinthiae Corinthia
    genitive Corinthiī Corinthiae Corinthiī Corinthiōrum Corinthiārum Corinthiōrum
    dative Corinthiō Corinthiae Corinthiō Corinthiīs
    accusative Corinthium Corinthiam Corinthium Corinthiōs Corinthiās Corinthia
    ablative Corinthiō Corinthiā Corinthiō Corinthiīs
    vocative Corinthie Corinthia Corinthium Corinthiī Corinthiae Corinthia

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    Noun

    Corinthius m sg (genitive Corinthiī or Corinthī); second declension

    1. a Corinthian (person)
      • 77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 7.LVII.198:
        [] figlinas Coroebus Atheniensis, in iis orbem Anarcharsis Scythes, ut alii, Hyperbius Corinthius.
        • 1855–1857 translation by John Bostock and H. T. Riley
          Choræbus, the Athenian, was the first who made earthen vessels; but Anacharsis, the Scthian, or, according to others, Hyperbius, the Corinthian, first invented the potter's wheel.

    Declension

    Second-declension noun, singular only.

    1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

    Further reading

    • Corinthius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Corinthus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • Corinthius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • Corinthus, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011