Corythus

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

Cŏrythus, i, m., = Κόρυθος.

I An ancient town in Etruria , so named from its mythical founder, later called Cortona , Verg. A. 7, 209; 10, 719.—Poet., in gen., for Etruria , Verg. A. 9, 10; and for Italia , id. ib. 3, 170 Forbig. ad loc.—

II A companion of Perseus , Ov. M. 5, 125.—

III Son of Paris and Oenone , Ov. M. 7, 361.—

IV One of the Lapithae , Ov. M. 12, 290.