Corycius

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

Cōrycĭus, a, um, adj., = Κωρύκιος, Corycian.

I Of or belonging to the Corycian mountain cave (Κωρύκιον ἄντρον) on Parnassus, famous in ancient fable : Co rycium nemus, i. e. Parnassian , Stat. Th. 7, 347: umbra, id. S. 5, 3, 5.—Hence,

2 Cōrycĭdes Nymphae, the daughters of Plistus , Ov. M. 1, 320.—

II Of or pertaining to the promontory Corycus; v. 2. Corycus, II.