Corinthius sinus
Latin
Proper noun
Corinthius sinus m sg (variously declined, genitive Corinthiī sinūs or Corinthī sinūs); second declension, fourth declension
- the Gulf of Corinth
- Synonym: Corinthiacus sinus
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 44.1.4:
- […] praetor superato Leucata Corinthium sinum invectus […]
- 1951 translation by Alfred C. Schlesinger
- […] the praetor rounded Cape Leucas, entered the Gulf of Corinth […]
- 1951 translation by Alfred C. Schlesinger
- […] praetor superato Leucata Corinthium sinum invectus […]
Declension
Second-declension noun with a fourth-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Corinthius sinus |
| Genitive | Corinthiī sinūs Corinthī sinūs1 |
| Dative | Corinthiō sinuī |
| Accusative | Corinthium sinum |
| Ablative | Corinthiō sinū |
| Vocative | Corinthī sinus |
| Locative | Corinthiī sinū |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Further reading
- “Corinthus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Corinthus”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
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