corycus

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

cōrycus (cōrĭ-), i, m., = κώρυκος,

a leathern sack filled with sand, flour , etc., by means of which the athletae exercised in the palaestra; only fig.: corycus laterum et vocis meae Bestia, Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 26 B. and K., Halm; cf. Klotz and Orell. ad loc.

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