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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κώρυκος (kṓrukos).
Noun
cōrycus m (genitive cōrycī); second declension
- punchbag, punching bag
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “corycus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “corycus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- corycus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “corycus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “corycus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “corycus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “corycus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin