Corinthius

Latin

Etymology

From Corinthus +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koˈrin.tʰi.us/, [kɔˈrɪn̪t̪ʰiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈrin.ti.us/, [koˈrin̪t̪ius]

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.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Corinthius	Corinthia	Corinthium		Corinthiī	Corinthiae	Corinthia
Genitive	Corinthiī	Corinthiae	Corinthiī		Corinthiōrum	Corinthiārum	Corinthiōrum
Dative	Corinthiō		Corinthiō		Corinthiīs
Accusative	Corinthium	Corinthiam	Corinthium		Corinthiōs	Corinthiās	Corinthia
Ablative	Corinthiō	Corinthiā	Corinthiō		Corinthiīs
Vocative	Corinthie	Corinthia	Corinthium		Corinthiī	Corinthiae	Corinthia

Synonyms

• Corinthiacus, Corinthiēnsis

Derived terms

• Corinthius sinus

Noun

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

1. a Corinthian (person)
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, 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.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Corinthius
Genitive	Corinthiī Corinthī1
Dative	Corinthiō
Accusative	Corinthium
Ablative	Corinthiō
Vocative	Corinthī

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] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011