Corcyraeus

Corcyra (y, Avien. Perieg. 663), ae, f., = Kerkura.

I.

An island in the Ionian Sea, opposite Epirus; in fable, Scheria, the abode of Alcinous, now Corfu, Mel. 2, 7, 10; 4, 12, 19; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 52 sq.; Cic. Fam. 16, 7 init. and fin.; 16, 9, 1; Caes. B. C. 3, 3; Nep. Them. 8, 3 al.—Hence,

B.

Corcy-raeus, a, um, adj., of Corcyra, Corcyræan:

bellum,

Nep. Them. 2, 1:

epistula,

written in Corcyra, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10:

horti,

i. e. of Alcinous, Mart. 13, 37.— Subst.: Corcyraei, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Corcyra, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 1; Nep. Them. 2, 3; Liv. 45, 43, 10. —In sing., Ov. Ib. 508.—

II.

Corcyra Nigra or Melaena, Korkura Melaina, a small island in the Ionian Sea, on the coast of Illyr ia, now Curzola, Mel. 2, 7, 13; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 152.