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Corcȳra (y, Avien. Perieg. 663), ae, f., = Κέρκυρα.
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. Corcȳ-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.: Corcȳraei , 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, Κόρκυρα Μέλαινα, a small island in the Ionian Sea, on the coast of Illyr ia, now Curzola, Mel. 2, 7, 13; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 152.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 16.7
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 16.9.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 6.2.10
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.3
    • Cornelius Nepos, Themistocles, 2.1
    • Cornelius Nepos, Themistocles, 2.3
    • Cornelius Nepos, Themistocles, 8.3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.52
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 45, 43.10
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 13.37
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