Corinthiensis

Latin

Etymology

From Corinthus + -ēnsis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Corinthiēnsis (neuter Corinthiēnse); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. of Corinth, Corinthian
    • c. 186 BCE, Plautus, Aulularia 3.6:
      praeterea tibicinam, / quae mi interbibere sola, si vino scatat, / Corinthiensem fontem Pirenam potest.
      • 1852 translation by Henry Thomas Riley
        [] a music-girl besides, who could alone drink up for me the Corinthian fountain of Pirene, if it were flowing with wine?
    • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 6.5.10:
      [] mox Euboeam Aegaei maris insulam et Piraeum Atticae orae, dein Corinthiense litus angustiasque Isthmi evadit;
      • 1864–1877 translation by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb
        [] then passed on to Eubœa, an island of the Ægæan, to Piræus, on the coast of Attica, thence to the shores of Corinth and the narrow Isthmus,

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative Corinthiēnsis Corinthiēnse Corinthiēnsēs Corinthiēnsia
Genitive Corinthiēnsis Corinthiēnsium
Dative Corinthiēnsī Corinthiēnsibus
Accusative Corinthiēnsem Corinthiēnse Corinthiēnsēs
Corinthiēnsīs
Corinthiēnsia
Ablative Corinthiēnsī Corinthiēnsibus
Vocative Corinthiēnsis Corinthiēnse Corinthiēnsēs Corinthiēnsia

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