Corax

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Cŏrax, ăcis (acc. -acem, Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81;

-aca, Quint. 2, 17, 7), m., the most ancient Greek rhetorician in Sicily, a contemporary, perhaps also teacher, of Lysias , Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 91; id. Brut. 12, 46; Quint. 2, 17, 7; 3, 1, 8.—In a play upon words: quare Coracem istum vestrum patiamur nos quidem pullos suos excludere, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81.

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