I.the place in the palæstra where the athletae exercised themselves by striking a suspended sack filled with fig-grains, flour, sand, etc. (v. Lidd. and Scott, s. v. κώρυκος, II.), Vitr. 5, 11, 2; cf. 1. corycus.
cōrycēum , i, n., = κωρυκεῖον,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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