Corinthiacus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Corinthus +‎ -acus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Corinthiacus (feminine Corinthiaca, neuter Corinthiacum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of Corinth, Corinthian
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.26:
      sita Anticyra est in Locride laeva parte sinum Corinthiacum intranti;
      • 1943 translation by Frank Gardner Moore
        Anticyra is situated in Locris, on the left as one enters the Gulf of Corinth.
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.507:
      Pittheam profugo curru Troezena petebam / iamque Corinthiaci carpebam litora ponti,
      • 1693 translation by John Dryden
        Forlorn, I sought Pitthëan Trœzen’s Land, / And drove my Chariot o'er Corinthus’ Strand;
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.IV.6:
      at in ora promunturium Antirrhium, ubi ostium Corinthiaci sinus minus M p. latitudine influentis Aetolosque dirimentis a Peloponneso.
      • 1855–1857 translation by John Bostock and H. T. Riley
        On the coast again, there is the promontory of Antirrhium, off which is the mouth of the Corinthian Gulf, which flows in and separates Ætolia from the Peloponnesus, being less than one mile in width.

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative Corinthiacus Corinthiaca Corinthiacum Corinthiacī Corinthiacae Corinthiaca
Genitive Corinthiacī Corinthiacae Corinthiacī Corinthiacōrum Corinthiacārum Corinthiacōrum
Dative Corinthiacō Corinthiacō Corinthiacīs
Accusative Corinthiacum Corinthiacam Corinthiacum Corinthiacōs Corinthiacās Corinthiaca
Ablative Corinthiacō Corinthiacā Corinthiacō Corinthiacīs
Vocative Corinthiace Corinthiaca Corinthiacum Corinthiacī Corinthiacae Corinthiaca

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