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cŏrymbus , i, m., = κόρυμβος,
I.a cluster of fruit, a cluster of flowers of different plants; so esp. freq. of a cluster of ivyberries, Verg. E. 3, 39; Ov. M. 3, 665; Juv. 6, 52; “for the crowning of Bacchus,” Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 39; 3 (4), 17, 29; “of Osiris,” Tib. 1, 7, 45: “ferulae,” Plin. 19, 9, 56, § 175: “elaphobosci,” id. 22, 22, 37, § 79 al.—
II. Meton.
A. Of carved clusters for the ornamenting of ships, Val. Fl. 1, 273; 4, 691.—
B. The nipple, Ser. Samm. 20, 356.—
C. An elevation of earth, Auct. Aetn. 106.
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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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.665
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 22.79
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1.273
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 4.691
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