coricus

1.

cōrycus ( cōrĭ- ), i, m., = kôrukos, a leathern sack filled with sand, flour, etc., by means of which the athletae exercised in the palæstra; only fig.:

corycus laterum et vocis meae Bestia,

Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 26 B. and K., Halm; cf. Klotz and Orell. ad loc.

2.

Cōrycus or -ŏs, i, m., = Kôrukos, a promontory in Cilicia, with a town and harbor of the same name, and a cave, very celebrated in ancient times; also famous for its production of saffron; now Khorgos, Mel 1, 13, 2; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92; Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2; Liv. 33, 20, 4 al.:

Corycus mons,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 11, 2.—Hence,

II.

Cōry-cĭus, a, um, adj., Corycian:

specus,

Mel. 1, 13, 3:

antra,

Plin. 31, 2, 20, § 30:

crocus,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 68; cf. Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 31;

in the same sense, nimbus,

Mart. 9, 39;

and, comae,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 214:

senex,

Verg. G. 4, 127.—

III.

Corycus, a promontory and harbor on the coast of Ionia, now Ko/raka, Liv. 37, 12, 10; 36, 43, 13.—

IV.

A town in Pamphylia, Eutr. 6, 31.