Corsĭca
Corsĭca, ae (Corsis, ĭdis, Prisc. Perieg. 470), f. (among the Greeks, Κύρνος, Κορσίς), the island Corsica, in the Mediterranean Sea, renowned in ancient times for the honey and wax of wild bees; the place of banishment of Seneca the philosopher, Liv. Epit. 17; Sen. Cons. Helv. 6, 2; Tac. H. 2, 16; Mel. 2, 7, 19; Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 80; Monum. Scip. ap. Inscr. Orell. 552; Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 52 al.— Hence adjj. Cor-sus, a, um, Corsican, Ov. F. 6, 194.—In plur.: Corsi, ōrum, m., the Corsicans, Liv. 42, 7, 1 and 2; Plin. 15, 29, 38, § 126.— Also, a people that migrated from Corsica into northern Sardinia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85. — Corsĭcus, a, um, Corsican: litora, Manil. 4, 636: apis, Ov. Am. 1, 12, 10: mel, Plin. 30, 4, 10, § 28: cera, id. 21, 14, 49, § 84. — Corsĭcānus, a, um, Corsican: ager, Sol. 3: mella, Serv. ad Verg. E. 9, 30; id. G. 4, 101.
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Headword (normalized):
corsĭca
Headword (normalized/stripped):
corsica
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Corsĭca, ae (Corsis, ĭdis, Prisc. Perieg. 470), f. (among the Greeks, Κύρνος, Κορσίς), the island Corsica, in the Mediterranean Sea, renowned in ancient times for the honey and wax of wild bees; the place of banishment of Seneca the philosopher, Liv. Epit. 17; Sen. Cons. Helv. 6, 2; Tac. H. 2, 16; Mel. 2, 7, 19; Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 80; Monum. Scip. ap. Inscr. Orell. 552; Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 52 al.— Hence adjj. Cor-sus, a, um, Corsican, Ov. F. 6, 194.—In plur.: Corsi, ōrum, m., the Corsicans, Liv. 42, 7, 1 and 2; Plin. 15, 29, 38, § 126.— Also, a people that migrated from Corsica into northern Sardinia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85. — Corsĭcus, a, um, Corsican: litora, Manil. 4, 636: apis, Ov. Am. 1, 12, 10: mel, Plin. 30, 4, 10, § 28: cera, id. 21, 14, 49, § 84. — Corsĭcānus, a, um, Corsican: ager, Sol. 3: mella, Serv. ad Verg. E. 9, 30; id. G. 4, 101.
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