Corioli
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *kóryos (“army”) << *ker-, giving a town a name similar to "army camp."[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈri.o.liː/, [kɔˈriɔlʲiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈri.o.li/, [koˈriːoli]
Proper noun[edit]
Coriolī m pl (genitive Coriolōrum); second declension
- A city of the Volsci in Latium conquered by the legendary general Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Coriolī |
| Genitive | Coriolōrum |
| Dative | Coriolīs |
| Accusative | Coriolōs |
| Ablative | Coriolīs |
| Vocative | Coriolī |
| Locative | Coriolīs |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Corioli”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Corioli in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Corioli”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly