Corinthus

I. masc., Inscr. Fratr. Arval. p. 30 Marin.: CORINTO DELETO), = Κόρινθος, 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. Οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐς Κόρινθον ἐσθʼ ὁ πλοῦς, 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.—

B. 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,

II. Adjj.

A. Cŏrinthĭus, a, um, Corinthian.

1. 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.—

2. 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; Cic. 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,

b. Cŏrinthĭārĭus, ii, m.

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

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

B. Cŏrinthĭăcus, a, um, adj., Corinthian: sinus, Liv. 26, 26, 2; Plin. 4, 4, 5, §§ 10 and 11: Corinthiaci ponti litora, Ov. M. 15, 507.—

C. 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.