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corpŏrĕus , a, um, adj. corpus,
I.corporeal.
I. In gen. (rare but class.; “most freq. in Lucr.): corporeum et aspectabile itemque tractabile,Cic. Univ. 4: “res,id. Fin. 3, 14, 45; Lucr. 2, 186: “ignis,Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 41: “natura,Lucr. 1, 303; 1, 330: “e principiis,id. 4, 536: “tela,id. 3, 177: “vox,id. 4, 527; 4, 542; “opp. incorporeus,Mart. Cap. 6, § 607.—
II. In partic.
A. Composed of flesh, fleshly (several times in Ov. and Plin. the elder): “umerus (Pelopis, opp. eburneus),Ov. M. 6, 407: “dapes,id. ib. 15, 105: “insigne gallinaceis,Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 122: “cornua cochleis,id. 11, 37, 45, § 126: “cicatrix,id. 11, 37, 48, § 132.—
B. Belonging to the body: “ignis,Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 41; cf. just before: is qui corporibus animantium continetur, res, physical advantages (as health, beauty, etc.), id. Fin. 3, 14, 45.
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