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Cŏrax , ăcis (acc. -acem, Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81;
I.-aca,Quint. 2, 17, 7), m., the most ancient Greek rhetorician in Sicily, a contemporary, perhaps also teacher, of Lysias, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 91; id. Brut. 12, 46; Quint. 2, 17, 7; 3, 1, 8.—In a play upon words: “quare Coracem istum vestrum patiamur nos quidem pullos suos excludere, etc.,Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81.
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    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.20
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.21
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 17.7
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 1.8
    • Cicero, Brutus, 12.46
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