to Corinth

Cŏrinthus, i (nom. Gr. Corinthos, Ov. M. 6, 416; acc. Gr. Corinthon, id. F. 4, 501; Mart. 9, 60; 10, 68), f. ( masc., Inscr. Fratr. Arval. p. 30 Marin.: CORINTO DELETO), = Korinthos, Corinth, a celebrated commercial city in the Peloponnesus, pillaged and destroyed by Mummius, now the village Corinto or Gereme; it was situated on the Isthmus (hence, bimaris, Hor. C. 1, 7, 2; Ov. M. 5, 407; id. F. 4, 501; and:

bimaris terra,

Sen. Oedip. 282), Mel. 2, 3, 7; Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; Flor. 2, 16; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 61; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 44 et saep.; Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 27 al.—Prov. of an entrance into the harbor of Corinth, dangerous to ships: non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum (in acc. with the Gr. Ou pantos andros es Korinthon esth ho plous, Gell. 1, 8, 4), Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36; acc. to others this proverb is supposed to refer to the expense of living at Corinth.—

Meton., poet., vessels made of Corinthian brass (cf. infra, II. A. 2.):

captivum portatur ebur, captiva Corinthus,

an entire Corinth, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 193 (vasa Corinthia, ex aere Corinthio facta, Schol.).—Hence,

Cŏrinthĭus, a, um, Corinthian.

In gen.:

ager optimus et fructuosissimus,

Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 5:

sinus,

the Gulf of Corinth, Liv. 44, 1, 4; cf.

isthmus,

Sen. Thyest. 124:

columnae,

of the Corinthian order, Vitr. 4, 1; Plin. 36, 23, 56, § 178; cf. O. Müll. Archaeol. §§ 53, 108, and 275.— Subst.: Cŏrinthĭi, ōrum, m., the Corinthians, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 262; Nep. Timol. 2, 1; Liv. 32, 17, 3 et saep.; in sing., Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 207.—

Esp.: Corinthium aes, an alloy of gold, silver, and copper, very much valued in antiquity, and much used for costly ornaments, etc., Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 6 sq.; Flor. 2, 16, 6 Duker.; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 11; cf.:

nobilis aere Corinthos,

Ov. M. 6, 416; and poet. for great wealth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 6.—Hence, vasa, made of it, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 143; id. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 46; Suet. Tib. 34 al.:

opus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 97:

supellex,

id. ib. 2, 2, 34, § 83; and subst.: Cŏrinthĭa, ōrum, n. (sc. vasa), works of art made of it, id. Tusc. 2, 14, 32; Suet. Aug. 70 al.—Hence,

Cŏrinthĭārĭus, ii, m.

A worker in Corinthian brass; sarcast. appel. of Augustus, on account of his love of splendor, Auct. ap. Suet. Aug. 70.—

An inspector of Corinthian vessels, Inscr. Grut. 639, 7 sq. —

Cŏrinthĭăcus, a, um, adj., Corinthian:

sinus,

Liv. 26, 26, 2; Plin. 4, 4, 5, §§

10 and 11: Corinthiaci ponti litora,

Ov. M. 15, 507.—

Cŏrinthĭensis, e, adj., Corinthian (very rare):

fons Pirene,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 23:

litus,

Tac. A. 5, 10.— Subst.: Cŏrinthĭenses, ium, m., colonists: Corinthienses ex eo dici coeperunt, ex quo coloni Corinthum sunt deducti, qui ante Corinthii sunt dicti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 60, 11 Müll. ad loc.

Cŏrinthus, i (nom. Gr. Corinthos, Ov. M. 6, 416; acc. Gr. Corinthon, id. F. 4, 501; Mart. 9, 60; 10, 68), f. ( masc., Inscr. Fratr. Arval. p. 30 Marin.: CORINTO DELETO), = Korinthos, Corinth, a celebrated commercial city in the Peloponnesus, pillaged and destroyed by Mummius, now the village Corinto or Gereme; it was situated on the Isthmus (hence, bimaris, Hor. C. 1, 7, 2; Ov. M. 5, 407; id. F. 4, 501; and:

bimaris terra,

Sen. Oedip. 282), Mel. 2, 3, 7; Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; Flor. 2, 16; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 61; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 44 et saep.; Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 27 al.—Prov. of an entrance into the harbor of Corinth, dangerous to ships: non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum (in acc. with the Gr. Ou pantos andros es Korinthon esth ho plous, Gell. 1, 8, 4), Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36; acc. to others this proverb is supposed to refer to the expense of living at Corinth.—

Meton., poet., vessels made of Corinthian brass (cf. infra, II. A. 2.):

captivum portatur ebur, captiva Corinthus,

an entire Corinth, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 193 (vasa Corinthia, ex aere Corinthio facta, Schol.).—Hence,

Cŏrinthĭus, a, um, Corinthian.

In gen.:

ager optimus et fructuosissimus,

Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 5:

sinus,

the Gulf of Corinth, Liv. 44, 1, 4; cf.

isthmus,

Sen. Thyest. 124:

columnae,

of the Corinthian order, Vitr. 4, 1; Plin. 36, 23, 56, § 178; cf. O. Müll. Archaeol. §§ 53, 108, and 275.— Subst.: Cŏrinthĭi, ōrum, m., the Corinthians, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 262; Nep. Timol. 2, 1; Liv. 32, 17, 3 et saep.; in sing., Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 207.—

Esp.: Corinthium aes, an alloy of gold, silver, and copper, very much valued in antiquity, and much used for costly ornaments, etc., Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 6 sq.; Flor. 2, 16, 6 Duker.; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 11; cf.:

nobilis aere Corinthos,

Ov. M. 6, 416; and poet. for great wealth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 6.—Hence, vasa, made of it, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 143; id. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 46; Suet. Tib. 34 al.:

opus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 97:

supellex,

id. ib. 2, 2, 34, § 83; and subst.: Cŏrinthĭa, ōrum, n. (sc. vasa), works of art made of it, id. Tusc. 2, 14, 32; Suet. Aug. 70 al.—Hence,

Cŏrinthĭārĭus, ii, m.

A worker in Corinthian brass; sarcast. appel. of Augustus, on account of his love of splendor, Auct. ap. Suet. Aug. 70.—

An inspector of Corinthian vessels, Inscr. Grut. 639, 7 sq. —

Cŏrinthĭăcus, a, um, adj., Corinthian:

sinus,

Liv. 26, 26, 2; Plin. 4, 4, 5, §§

10 and 11: Corinthiaci ponti litora,

Ov. M. 15, 507.—

Cŏrinthĭensis, e, adj., Corinthian (very rare):

fons Pirene,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 23:

litus,

Tac. A. 5, 10.— Subst.: Cŏrinthĭenses, ium, m., colonists: Corinthienses ex eo dici coeperunt, ex quo coloni Corinthum sunt deducti, qui ante Corinthii sunt dicti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 60, 11 Müll. ad loc.

Cŏrinthus, i (nom. Gr. Corinthos, Ov. M. 6, 416; acc. Gr. Corinthon, id. F. 4, 501; Mart. 9, 60; 10, 68), f. ( masc., Inscr. Fratr. Arval. p. 30 Marin.: CORINTO DELETO), = Korinthos, Corinth, a celebrated commercial city in the Peloponnesus, pillaged and destroyed by Mummius, now the village Corinto or Gereme; it was situated on the Isthmus (hence, bimaris, Hor. C. 1, 7, 2; Ov. M. 5, 407; id. F. 4, 501; and:

bimaris terra,

Sen. Oedip. 282), Mel. 2, 3, 7; Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; Flor. 2, 16; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 61; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 44 et saep.; Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 27 al.—Prov. of an entrance into the harbor of Corinth, dangerous to ships: non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum (in acc. with the Gr. Ou pantos andros es Korinthon esth ho plous, Gell. 1, 8, 4), Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36; acc. to others this proverb is supposed to refer to the expense of living at Corinth.—

Meton., poet., vessels made of Corinthian brass (cf. infra, II. A. 2.):

captivum portatur ebur, captiva Corinthus,

an entire Corinth, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 193 (vasa Corinthia, ex aere Corinthio facta, Schol.).—Hence,

Cŏrinthĭus, a, um, Corinthian.

In gen.:

ager optimus et fructuosissimus,

Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 5:

sinus,

the Gulf of Corinth, Liv. 44, 1, 4; cf.

isthmus,

Sen. Thyest. 124:

columnae,

of the Corinthian order, Vitr. 4, 1; Plin. 36, 23, 56, § 178; cf. O. Müll. Archaeol. §§ 53, 108, and 275.— Subst.: Cŏrinthĭi, ōrum, m., the Corinthians, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 262; Nep. Timol. 2, 1; Liv. 32, 17, 3 et saep.; in sing., Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 207.—

Esp.: Corinthium aes, an alloy of gold, silver, and copper, very much valued in antiquity, and much used for costly ornaments, etc., Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 6 sq.; Flor. 2, 16, 6 Duker.; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 11; cf.:

nobilis aere Corinthos,

Ov. M. 6, 416; and poet. for great wealth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 6.—Hence, vasa, made of it, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 143; id. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 46; Suet. Tib. 34 al.:

opus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 97:

supellex,

id. ib. 2, 2, 34, § 83; and subst.: Cŏrinthĭa, ōrum, n. (sc. vasa), works of art made of it, id. Tusc. 2, 14, 32; Suet. Aug. 70 al.—Hence,

Cŏrinthĭārĭus, ii, m.

A worker in Corinthian brass; sarcast. appel. of Augustus, on account of his love of splendor, Auct. ap. Suet. Aug. 70.—

An inspector of Corinthian vessels, Inscr. Grut. 639, 7 sq. —

Cŏrinthĭăcus, a, um, adj., Corinthian:

sinus,

Liv. 26, 26, 2; Plin. 4, 4, 5, §§

10 and 11: Corinthiaci ponti litora,

Ov. M. 15, 507.—

Cŏrinthĭensis, e, adj., Corinthian (very rare):

fons Pirene,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 23:

litus,

Tac. A. 5, 10.— Subst.: Cŏrinthĭenses, ium, m., colonists: Corinthienses ex eo dici coeperunt, ex quo coloni Corinthum sunt deducti, qui ante Corinthii sunt dicti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 60, 11 Müll. ad loc.

Cŏrinthus, i (nom. Gr. Corinthos, Ov. M. 6, 416; acc. Gr. Corinthon, id. F. 4, 501; Mart. 9, 60; 10, 68), f. ( masc., Inscr. Fratr. Arval. p. 30 Marin.: CORINTO DELETO), = Korinthos, Corinth, a celebrated commercial city in the Peloponnesus, pillaged and destroyed by Mummius, now the village Corinto or Gereme; it was situated on the Isthmus (hence, bimaris, Hor. C. 1, 7, 2; Ov. M. 5, 407; id. F. 4, 501; and:

bimaris terra,

Sen. Oedip. 282), Mel. 2, 3, 7; Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; Flor. 2, 16; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 61; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 44 et saep.; Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 27 al.—Prov. of an entrance into the harbor of Corinth, dangerous to ships: non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum (in acc. with the Gr. Ou pantos andros es Korinthon esth ho plous, Gell. 1, 8, 4), Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36; acc. to others this proverb is supposed to refer to the expense of living at Corinth.—

Meton., poet., vessels made of Corinthian brass (cf. infra, II. A. 2.):

captivum portatur ebur, captiva Corinthus,

an entire Corinth, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 193 (vasa Corinthia, ex aere Corinthio facta, Schol.).—Hence,

Cŏrinthĭus, a, um, Corinthian.

In gen.:

ager optimus et fructuosissimus,

Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 5:

sinus,

the Gulf of Corinth, Liv. 44, 1, 4; cf.

isthmus,

Sen. Thyest. 124:

columnae,

of the Corinthian order, Vitr. 4, 1; Plin. 36, 23, 56, § 178; cf. O. Müll. Archaeol. §§ 53, 108, and 275.— Subst.: Cŏrinthĭi, ōrum, m., the Corinthians, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 262; Nep. Timol. 2, 1; Liv. 32, 17, 3 et saep.; in sing., Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 207.—

Esp.: Corinthium aes, an alloy of gold, silver, and copper, very much valued in antiquity, and much used for costly ornaments, etc., Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 6 sq.; Flor. 2, 16, 6 Duker.; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 11; cf.:

nobilis aere Corinthos,

Ov. M. 6, 416; and poet. for great wealth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 6.—Hence, vasa, made of it, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 143; id. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 46; Suet. Tib. 34 al.:

opus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 97:

supellex,

id. ib. 2, 2, 34, § 83; and subst.: Cŏrinthĭa, ōrum, n. (sc. vasa), works of art made of it, id. Tusc. 2, 14, 32; Suet. Aug. 70 al.—Hence,

Cŏrinthĭārĭus, ii, m.

A worker in Corinthian brass; sarcast. appel. of Augustus, on account of his love of splendor, Auct. ap. Suet. Aug. 70.—

An inspector of Corinthian vessels, Inscr. Grut. 639, 7 sq. —

Cŏrinthĭăcus, a, um, adj., Corinthian:

sinus,

Liv. 26, 26, 2; Plin. 4, 4, 5, §§

10 and 11: Corinthiaci ponti litora,

Ov. M. 15, 507.—

Cŏrinthĭensis, e, adj., Corinthian (very rare):

fons Pirene,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 23:

litus,

Tac. A. 5, 10.— Subst.: Cŏrinthĭenses, ium, m., colonists: Corinthienses ex eo dici coeperunt, ex quo coloni Corinthum sunt deducti, qui ante Corinthii sunt dicti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 60, 11 Müll. ad loc.

Cŏrinthus, i (nom. Gr. Corinthos, Ov. M. 6, 416; acc. Gr. Corinthon, id. F. 4, 501; Mart. 9, 60; 10, 68), f. ( masc., Inscr. Fratr. Arval. p. 30 Marin.: CORINTO DELETO), = Korinthos, Corinth, a celebrated commercial city in the Peloponnesus, pillaged and destroyed by Mummius, now the village Corinto or Gereme; it was situated on the Isthmus (hence, bimaris, Hor. C. 1, 7, 2; Ov. M. 5, 407; id. F. 4, 501; and:

bimaris terra,

Sen. Oedip. 282), Mel. 2, 3, 7; Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; Flor. 2, 16; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 61; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 44 et saep.; Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 27 al.—Prov. of an entrance into the harbor of Corinth, dangerous to ships: non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum (in acc. with the Gr. Ou pantos andros es Korinthon esth ho plous, Gell. 1, 8, 4), Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36; acc. to others this proverb is supposed to refer to the expense of living at Corinth.—

Meton., poet., vessels made of Corinthian brass (cf. infra, II. A. 2.):

captivum portatur ebur, captiva Corinthus,

an entire Corinth, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 193 (vasa Corinthia, ex aere Corinthio facta, Schol.).—Hence,

Cŏrinthĭus, a, um, Corinthian.

In gen.:

ager optimus et fructuosissimus,

Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 5:

sinus,

the Gulf of Corinth, Liv. 44, 1, 4; cf.

isthmus,

Sen. Thyest. 124:

columnae,

of the Corinthian order, Vitr. 4, 1; Plin. 36, 23, 56, § 178; cf. O. Müll. Archaeol. §§ 53, 108, and 275.— Subst.: Cŏrinthĭi, ōrum, m., the Corinthians, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 262; Nep. Timol. 2, 1; Liv. 32, 17, 3 et saep.; in sing., Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 207.—

Esp.: Corinthium aes, an alloy of gold, silver, and copper, very much valued in antiquity, and much used for costly ornaments, etc., Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 6 sq.; Flor. 2, 16, 6 Duker.; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 11; cf.:

nobilis aere Corinthos,

Ov. M. 6, 416; and poet. for great wealth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 6.—Hence, vasa, made of it, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 143; id. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 46; Suet. Tib. 34 al.:

opus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 97:

supellex,

id. ib. 2, 2, 34, § 83; and subst.: Cŏrinthĭa, ōrum, n. (sc. vasa), works of art made of it, id. Tusc. 2, 14, 32; Suet. Aug. 70 al.—Hence,

Cŏrinthĭārĭus, ii, m.

A worker in Corinthian brass; sarcast. appel. of Augustus, on account of his love of splendor, Auct. ap. Suet. Aug. 70.—

An inspector of Corinthian vessels, Inscr. Grut. 639, 7 sq. —

Cŏrinthĭăcus, a, um, adj., Corinthian:

sinus,

Liv. 26, 26, 2; Plin. 4, 4, 5, §§

10 and 11: Corinthiaci ponti litora,

Ov. M. 15, 507.—

Cŏrinthĭensis, e, adj., Corinthian (very rare):

fons Pirene,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 23:

litus,

Tac. A. 5, 10.— Subst.: Cŏrinthĭenses, ium, m., colonists: Corinthienses ex eo dici coeperunt, ex quo coloni Corinthum sunt deducti, qui ante Corinthii sunt dicti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 60, 11 Müll. ad loc.

Isthmus or - os, i, m., = Isthmos, a strip of land between two seas, an isthmus, Mel. 1, 18; 2, 2.—

Esp., the Isthmus of Corinth, where the Isthmian games were celebrated, Caes. B. C. 3, 55, 2; Liv. 45, 28, 2 sq.; Plin. 4, 1, 5, § 12; Cic. Fat. 4, 7; Suet. Ner. 19; Mel. 2, 3; Ov. M. 7, 406. —

Transf., poet., a strait, viz., the Dardanelles, Prop. 3, 21, 1 (4, 22, 2).—

Derivv.

Isthmĭus, a, um, adj., = Isthmios, of or belonging to the Isthmus, Isthmian:

ludi,

Liv. 33, 32:

labor,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 3: Dione, i. e. Venus, who had a temple at Corinth, Stat. S. 2, 7, 2.—Esp. freq. subst.: Isthmĭa, ōrum, n., = ta Isthmia, the Isthmian games, celebrated every five years at the Isthmus of Corinth, the victors in which received a pine garland, Liv. 33, 32; Curt. 4, 5, 8; cf. Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 36.—

Isthmĭăcus ( Isth-mĭcus), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Isthmus, Isthmian:

harena,

Stat. Th. 6, 557:

litus,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 463: coloni, i. e. Syracusans (as a colony of Corinth), Sil. 14, 341; cf.

favillae,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 68.—Form Isthmicus, Mel. 2, 3; Val. Max. 4, 8, 5.

Isthmus or - os, i, m., = Isthmos, a strip of land between two seas, an isthmus, Mel. 1, 18; 2, 2.—

Esp., the Isthmus of Corinth, where the Isthmian games were celebrated, Caes. B. C. 3, 55, 2; Liv. 45, 28, 2 sq.; Plin. 4, 1, 5, § 12; Cic. Fat. 4, 7; Suet. Ner. 19; Mel. 2, 3; Ov. M. 7, 406. —

Transf., poet., a strait, viz., the Dardanelles, Prop. 3, 21, 1 (4, 22, 2).—

Derivv.

Isthmĭus, a, um, adj., = Isthmios, of or belonging to the Isthmus, Isthmian:

ludi,

Liv. 33, 32:

labor,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 3: Dione, i. e. Venus, who had a temple at Corinth, Stat. S. 2, 7, 2.—Esp. freq. subst.: Isthmĭa, ōrum, n., = ta Isthmia, the Isthmian games, celebrated every five years at the Isthmus of Corinth, the victors in which received a pine garland, Liv. 33, 32; Curt. 4, 5, 8; cf. Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 36.—

Isthmĭăcus ( Isth-mĭcus), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Isthmus, Isthmian:

harena,

Stat. Th. 6, 557:

litus,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 463: coloni, i. e. Syracusans (as a colony of Corinth), Sil. 14, 341; cf.

favillae,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 68.—Form Isthmicus, Mel. 2, 3; Val. Max. 4, 8, 5.

Isthmus or - os, i, m., = Isthmos, a strip of land between two seas, an isthmus, Mel. 1, 18; 2, 2.—

Esp., the Isthmus of Corinth, where the Isthmian games were celebrated, Caes. B. C. 3, 55, 2; Liv. 45, 28, 2 sq.; Plin. 4, 1, 5, § 12; Cic. Fat. 4, 7; Suet. Ner. 19; Mel. 2, 3; Ov. M. 7, 406. —

Transf., poet., a strait, viz., the Dardanelles, Prop. 3, 21, 1 (4, 22, 2).—

Derivv.

Isthmĭus, a, um, adj., = Isthmios, of or belonging to the Isthmus, Isthmian:

ludi,

Liv. 33, 32:

labor,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 3: Dione, i. e. Venus, who had a temple at Corinth, Stat. S. 2, 7, 2.—Esp. freq. subst.: Isthmĭa, ōrum, n., = ta Isthmia, the Isthmian games, celebrated every five years at the Isthmus of Corinth, the victors in which received a pine garland, Liv. 33, 32; Curt. 4, 5, 8; cf. Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 36.—

Isthmĭăcus ( Isth-mĭcus), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Isthmus, Isthmian:

harena,

Stat. Th. 6, 557:

litus,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 463: coloni, i. e. Syracusans (as a colony of Corinth), Sil. 14, 341; cf.

favillae,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 68.—Form Isthmicus, Mel. 2, 3; Val. Max. 4, 8, 5.

Isthmus or - os, i, m., = Isthmos, a strip of land between two seas, an isthmus, Mel. 1, 18; 2, 2.—

Esp., the Isthmus of Corinth, where the Isthmian games were celebrated, Caes. B. C. 3, 55, 2; Liv. 45, 28, 2 sq.; Plin. 4, 1, 5, § 12; Cic. Fat. 4, 7; Suet. Ner. 19; Mel. 2, 3; Ov. M. 7, 406. —

Transf., poet., a strait, viz., the Dardanelles, Prop. 3, 21, 1 (4, 22, 2).—

Derivv.

Isthmĭus, a, um, adj., = Isthmios, of or belonging to the Isthmus, Isthmian:

ludi,

Liv. 33, 32:

labor,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 3: Dione, i. e. Venus, who had a temple at Corinth, Stat. S. 2, 7, 2.—Esp. freq. subst.: Isthmĭa, ōrum, n., = ta Isthmia, the Isthmian games, celebrated every five years at the Isthmus of Corinth, the victors in which received a pine garland, Liv. 33, 32; Curt. 4, 5, 8; cf. Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 36.—

Isthmĭăcus ( Isth-mĭcus), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Isthmus, Isthmian:

harena,

Stat. Th. 6, 557:

litus,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 463: coloni, i. e. Syracusans (as a colony of Corinth), Sil. 14, 341; cf.

favillae,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 68.—Form Isthmicus, Mel. 2, 3; Val. Max. 4, 8, 5.

Isthmus or - os, i, m., = Isthmos, a strip of land between two seas, an isthmus, Mel. 1, 18; 2, 2.—

Esp., the Isthmus of Corinth, where the Isthmian games were celebrated, Caes. B. C. 3, 55, 2; Liv. 45, 28, 2 sq.; Plin. 4, 1, 5, § 12; Cic. Fat. 4, 7; Suet. Ner. 19; Mel. 2, 3; Ov. M. 7, 406. —

Transf., poet., a strait, viz., the Dardanelles, Prop. 3, 21, 1 (4, 22, 2).—

Derivv.

Isthmĭus, a, um, adj., = Isthmios, of or belonging to the Isthmus, Isthmian:

ludi,

Liv. 33, 32:

labor,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 3: Dione, i. e. Venus, who had a temple at Corinth, Stat. S. 2, 7, 2.—Esp. freq. subst.: Isthmĭa, ōrum, n., = ta Isthmia, the Isthmian games, celebrated every five years at the Isthmus of Corinth, the victors in which received a pine garland, Liv. 33, 32; Curt. 4, 5, 8; cf. Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 36.—

Isthmĭăcus ( Isth-mĭcus), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Isthmus, Isthmian:

harena,

Stat. Th. 6, 557:

litus,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 463: coloni, i. e. Syracusans (as a colony of Corinth), Sil. 14, 341; cf.

favillae,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 68.—Form Isthmicus, Mel. 2, 3; Val. Max. 4, 8, 5.

Isthmus or - os, i, m., = Isthmos, a strip of land between two seas, an isthmus, Mel. 1, 18; 2, 2.—

Esp., the Isthmus of Corinth, where the Isthmian games were celebrated, Caes. B. C. 3, 55, 2; Liv. 45, 28, 2 sq.; Plin. 4, 1, 5, § 12; Cic. Fat. 4, 7; Suet. Ner. 19; Mel. 2, 3; Ov. M. 7, 406. —

Transf., poet., a strait, viz., the Dardanelles, Prop. 3, 21, 1 (4, 22, 2).—

Derivv.

Isthmĭus, a, um, adj., = Isthmios, of or belonging to the Isthmus, Isthmian:

ludi,

Liv. 33, 32:

labor,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 3: Dione, i. e. Venus, who had a temple at Corinth, Stat. S. 2, 7, 2.—Esp. freq. subst.: Isthmĭa, ōrum, n., = ta Isthmia, the Isthmian games, celebrated every five years at the Isthmus of Corinth, the victors in which received a pine garland, Liv. 33, 32; Curt. 4, 5, 8; cf. Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 36.—

Isthmĭăcus ( Isth-mĭcus), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Isthmus, Isthmian:

harena,

Stat. Th. 6, 557:

litus,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 463: coloni, i. e. Syracusans (as a colony of Corinth), Sil. 14, 341; cf.

favillae,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 68.—Form Isthmicus, Mel. 2, 3; Val. Max. 4, 8, 5.

Pīrēnē, ēs, f., = Peirênê, a fountain in the citadel of Corinth (Acrocorinthus), which sprung up from a blow of the hoof of Pegasus; hence sacred to the Muses, Plin. 4, 4, 5; Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 23; Stat. S. 1, 4, 25:

Heliconidasque pallidamque Pirenen,

Pers. prol. 4.—Hence,

Pīrēnis, ĭdis, f. adj., = Peirênis, of or belonging to Pirene, Pirenian:

Ephyre,

i. e. Corinth, Ov. M. 7, 391:

unda,

id. ib. 2, 240:

Pirenida cessit ad undam (al. urbem),

to Corinth, id. P. 1, 3, 75:

Tantalus securus undas hauriat Pirenidas, as king of Corinth,

Sen. Med. 745.

Pīrēnē, ēs, f., = Peirênê, a fountain in the citadel of Corinth (Acrocorinthus), which sprung up from a blow of the hoof of Pegasus; hence sacred to the Muses, Plin. 4, 4, 5; Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 23; Stat. S. 1, 4, 25:

Heliconidasque pallidamque Pirenen,

Pers. prol. 4.—Hence,

Pīrēnis, ĭdis, f. adj., = Peirênis, of or belonging to Pirene, Pirenian:

Ephyre,

i. e. Corinth, Ov. M. 7, 391:

unda,

id. ib. 2, 240:

Pirenida cessit ad undam (al. urbem),

to Corinth, id. P. 1, 3, 75:

Tantalus securus undas hauriat Pirenidas, as king of Corinth,

Sen. Med. 745.

Sīsyphus (anciently Sīsŭpus and Sīsĭpus; the last in Inscr. R. N. 4472 Momms.; cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. Tria, p. 26), i, m., = Sisuphos.

Son of Æolus, king of Corinth, famous for his cunning and robberies. He was killed by Theseus. His punishment in the infernal regions was to roll a stone up hill which constantly rolled back again, Hyg. Fab. 60; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 616; Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; Ov. M. 4, 459; 4, 465; 13, 26; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 23; Hor. C. 2, 14, 20; id. Epod. 17, 68 al.:

Ulixi Sisyphique prudentia,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. vafer, Hor. S. 2, 3, 21.—Hence,

Sīsyphĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sisyphus:

labores,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 7;

2, 20 (3, 13), 32: cervix,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 942:

portus,

i. e. Corinth, Stat. Th. 2, 380:

Isthmus,

of Corinth, Sil. 14, 51: opes, i. e. of Creusa (as daughter of Creon, king of Corinth), Ov. H. 12, 204:

Ulixes sanguine cretus Sisyphio (because Sisyphus seduced Anticlea, the mother of Ulysses, before her marriage with Laertes),

id. M. 13, 32; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 529.—

Sĭsyphēïus, a, um, adj., of Sisyphus: vincla, i. e. the marriage with Sisyphus (of his wife Merope), Avien. Arat. 597.—

Sīsyphĭdes, ae, m., offspring of Sisyphus:

Ulysses (v. supra, 1.),

Ov. A. A. 3, 313.—

A dwarf of M. Antony, so named by him because of his shrewdness. Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 Schol.

Sīsyphus (anciently Sīsŭpus and Sīsĭpus; the last in Inscr. R. N. 4472 Momms.; cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. Tria, p. 26), i, m., = Sisuphos.

Son of Æolus, king of Corinth, famous for his cunning and robberies. He was killed by Theseus. His punishment in the infernal regions was to roll a stone up hill which constantly rolled back again, Hyg. Fab. 60; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 616; Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; Ov. M. 4, 459; 4, 465; 13, 26; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 23; Hor. C. 2, 14, 20; id. Epod. 17, 68 al.:

Ulixi Sisyphique prudentia,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. vafer, Hor. S. 2, 3, 21.—Hence,

Sīsyphĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sisyphus:

labores,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 7;

2, 20 (3, 13), 32: cervix,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 942:

portus,

i. e. Corinth, Stat. Th. 2, 380:

Isthmus,

of Corinth, Sil. 14, 51: opes, i. e. of Creusa (as daughter of Creon, king of Corinth), Ov. H. 12, 204:

Ulixes sanguine cretus Sisyphio (because Sisyphus seduced Anticlea, the mother of Ulysses, before her marriage with Laertes),

id. M. 13, 32; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 529.—

Sĭsyphēïus, a, um, adj., of Sisyphus: vincla, i. e. the marriage with Sisyphus (of his wife Merope), Avien. Arat. 597.—

Sīsyphĭdes, ae, m., offspring of Sisyphus:

Ulysses (v. supra, 1.),

Ov. A. A. 3, 313.—

A dwarf of M. Antony, so named by him because of his shrewdness. Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 Schol.

Sīsyphus (anciently Sīsŭpus and Sīsĭpus; the last in Inscr. R. N. 4472 Momms.; cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. Tria, p. 26), i, m., = Sisuphos.

Son of Æolus, king of Corinth, famous for his cunning and robberies. He was killed by Theseus. His punishment in the infernal regions was to roll a stone up hill which constantly rolled back again, Hyg. Fab. 60; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 616; Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; Ov. M. 4, 459; 4, 465; 13, 26; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 23; Hor. C. 2, 14, 20; id. Epod. 17, 68 al.:

Ulixi Sisyphique prudentia,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. vafer, Hor. S. 2, 3, 21.—Hence,

Sīsyphĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sisyphus:

labores,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 7;

2, 20 (3, 13), 32: cervix,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 942:

portus,

i. e. Corinth, Stat. Th. 2, 380:

Isthmus,

of Corinth, Sil. 14, 51: opes, i. e. of Creusa (as daughter of Creon, king of Corinth), Ov. H. 12, 204:

Ulixes sanguine cretus Sisyphio (because Sisyphus seduced Anticlea, the mother of Ulysses, before her marriage with Laertes),

id. M. 13, 32; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 529.—

Sĭsyphēïus, a, um, adj., of Sisyphus: vincla, i. e. the marriage with Sisyphus (of his wife Merope), Avien. Arat. 597.—

Sīsyphĭdes, ae, m., offspring of Sisyphus:

Ulysses (v. supra, 1.),

Ov. A. A. 3, 313.—

A dwarf of M. Antony, so named by him because of his shrewdness. Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 Schol.

Sīsyphus (anciently Sīsŭpus and Sīsĭpus; the last in Inscr. R. N. 4472 Momms.; cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. Tria, p. 26), i, m., = Sisuphos.

Son of Æolus, king of Corinth, famous for his cunning and robberies. He was killed by Theseus. His punishment in the infernal regions was to roll a stone up hill which constantly rolled back again, Hyg. Fab. 60; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 616; Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; Ov. M. 4, 459; 4, 465; 13, 26; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 23; Hor. C. 2, 14, 20; id. Epod. 17, 68 al.:

Ulixi Sisyphique prudentia,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. vafer, Hor. S. 2, 3, 21.—Hence,

Sīsyphĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sisyphus:

labores,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 7;

2, 20 (3, 13), 32: cervix,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 942:

portus,

i. e. Corinth, Stat. Th. 2, 380:

Isthmus,

of Corinth, Sil. 14, 51: opes, i. e. of Creusa (as daughter of Creon, king of Corinth), Ov. H. 12, 204:

Ulixes sanguine cretus Sisyphio (because Sisyphus seduced Anticlea, the mother of Ulysses, before her marriage with Laertes),

id. M. 13, 32; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 529.—

Sĭsyphēïus, a, um, adj., of Sisyphus: vincla, i. e. the marriage with Sisyphus (of his wife Merope), Avien. Arat. 597.—

Sīsyphĭdes, ae, m., offspring of Sisyphus:

Ulysses (v. supra, 1.),

Ov. A. A. 3, 313.—

A dwarf of M. Antony, so named by him because of his shrewdness. Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 Schol.

Sīsyphus (anciently Sīsŭpus and Sīsĭpus; the last in Inscr. R. N. 4472 Momms.; cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. Tria, p. 26), i, m., = Sisuphos.

Son of Æolus, king of Corinth, famous for his cunning and robberies. He was killed by Theseus. His punishment in the infernal regions was to roll a stone up hill which constantly rolled back again, Hyg. Fab. 60; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 616; Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; Ov. M. 4, 459; 4, 465; 13, 26; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 23; Hor. C. 2, 14, 20; id. Epod. 17, 68 al.:

Ulixi Sisyphique prudentia,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. vafer, Hor. S. 2, 3, 21.—Hence,

Sīsyphĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sisyphus:

labores,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 7;

2, 20 (3, 13), 32: cervix,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 942:

portus,

i. e. Corinth, Stat. Th. 2, 380:

Isthmus,

of Corinth, Sil. 14, 51: opes, i. e. of Creusa (as daughter of Creon, king of Corinth), Ov. H. 12, 204:

Ulixes sanguine cretus Sisyphio (because Sisyphus seduced Anticlea, the mother of Ulysses, before her marriage with Laertes),

id. M. 13, 32; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 529.—

Sĭsyphēïus, a, um, adj., of Sisyphus: vincla, i. e. the marriage with Sisyphus (of his wife Merope), Avien. Arat. 597.—

Sīsyphĭdes, ae, m., offspring of Sisyphus:

Ulysses (v. supra, 1.),

Ov. A. A. 3, 313.—

A dwarf of M. Antony, so named by him because of his shrewdness. Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 Schol.

Sīsyphus (anciently Sīsŭpus and Sīsĭpus; the last in Inscr. R. N. 4472 Momms.; cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. Tria, p. 26), i, m., = Sisuphos.

Son of Æolus, king of Corinth, famous for his cunning and robberies. He was killed by Theseus. His punishment in the infernal regions was to roll a stone up hill which constantly rolled back again, Hyg. Fab. 60; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 616; Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; Ov. M. 4, 459; 4, 465; 13, 26; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 23; Hor. C. 2, 14, 20; id. Epod. 17, 68 al.:

Ulixi Sisyphique prudentia,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. vafer, Hor. S. 2, 3, 21.—Hence,

Sīsyphĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sisyphus:

labores,

Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 7;

2, 20 (3, 13), 32: cervix,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 942:

portus,

i. e. Corinth, Stat. Th. 2, 380:

Isthmus,

of Corinth, Sil. 14, 51: opes, i. e. of Creusa (as daughter of Creon, king of Corinth), Ov. H. 12, 204:

Ulixes sanguine cretus Sisyphio (because Sisyphus seduced Anticlea, the mother of Ulysses, before her marriage with Laertes),

id. M. 13, 32; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 529.—

Sĭsyphēïus, a, um, adj., of Sisyphus: vincla, i. e. the marriage with Sisyphus (of his wife Merope), Avien. Arat. 597.—

Sīsyphĭdes, ae, m., offspring of Sisyphus:

Ulysses (v. supra, 1.),

Ov. A. A. 3, 313.—

A dwarf of M. Antony, so named by him because of his shrewdness. Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 Schol.

Ăchāia or (in poets) Ăchāĭa (quadrisyl.), ae, f. [Achaia].

The province of Achaia, in the northern part of the Peloponnesus, on the Gulf of Corinth, earlier called Aegialea (maritime country), Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 5, 6.—Hence,

In gen. (cf. the Homeric Achaioi), for Greece, opposite to Troja:

et quot Troja tulit, vetus et quot Achaia formas,

Prop. 2, 21, 53; cf. Ov. M. 8, 268; id. Her. 17, 209 al.—

After the destruction of Corinth by Mummius, B. C. 146, Greece proper became a Rom. prov. under the name of Achaia. — Hence, Ăchāĭăs, ădis, adj., An Achaean or Greek woman, Ov. H. 3, 71.— Ăchāĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Achaean, Grecian.

Poet., opp. to Trojan:

manus,

Verg. A. 5, 623:

ignis,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 35.—

Belonging to the Roman province Achaia:

homines,

Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:

negotium,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 2:

concilium,

Liv. 43, 17, 4.—Hence L. Mummius obtained, for the destruction of Corinth and the complete subjugation of Greece, the honorary title of Achaïcus. Vell. 1, 13, 2; Plin. 35, 4, 8, § 24;

and so as surname of one of his descendants: Mummia Achaica,

Suet. Galb. 3.— Ăchāĭs, ĭdis, adj., f.

Achaean, Grecian:

urbes,

Ov. M. 5, 306.—

Subst., = Achaia, Achaia, Greece, Ov. M. 5, 577; 7, 504.— Ăchāĭus, a, um, adj.: Achaean, Grecian ( poet. for Achaïcus and Achaeus):

castra,

Verg. A. 2, 462; so Sil. 14, 5; 15, 306.