Corinthius sinus
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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.
| 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 Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011