Corinthiacus

Latin

Etymology

From Corinthus +‎ -acus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ko.rinˈtʰi.a.kus/, [kɔrɪn̪ˈt̪ʰiäkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.rinˈti.a.kus/, [korin̪ˈt̪iːäkus]

Adjective

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

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

Synonyms

• Corinthius, Corinthiēnsis

Further reading

• Corinthiacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Corinthus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Corinthus”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011