corymbus

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

cŏrymbus, i, m., = κόρυμβος,

I a cluster of fruit, a cluster of flowers of different plants; so esp. freq. of a cluster of ivyberries , Verg. E. 3, 39; Ov. M. 3, 665; Juv. 6, 52; for the crowning of Bacchus, Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 39; 3 (4), 17, 29; of Osiris, Tib. 1, 7, 45: ferulae, Plin. 19, 9, 56, § 175: elaphobosci, id. 22, 22, 37, § 79 al.—

II Meton.

A Of carved clusters for the ornamenting of ships, Val. Fl. 1, 273; 4, 691.—

B The nipple , Ser. Samm. 20, 356.—

C An elevation of earth , Auct. Aetn. 106.

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