Corinthiensis

Latin

Etymology

From Corinthus +‎ -ēnsis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ko.rin.tʰiˈen.sis/, [kɔrɪn̪t̪ʰiˈẽːs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.rin.tiˈen.sis/, [korin̪t̪iˈɛnsis]

Adjective

Corinthiēnsis (neuter Corinthiēnse); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of Corinth, Corinthian
   • c. 186 BCE, Plautus, Aulularia 3.6:

     praeterea tibicinam, / quae mi interbibere sola, si vino scatat, / Corinthiensem fontem Pirenam potest.

     • 1852 translation by Henry Thomas Riley

       […] a music-girl besides, who could alone drink up for me the Corinthian fountain of Pirene, if it were flowing with wine?

   • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 6.5.10:

     […] mox Euboeam Aegaei maris insulam et Piraeum Atticae orae, dein Corinthiense litus angustiasque Isthmi evadit;

     • 1864–1877 translation by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb

       […] then passed on to Eubœa, an island of the Ægæan, to Piræus, on the coast of Attica, thence to the shores of Corinth and the narrow Isthmus,

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	Corinthiēnsis	Corinthiēnse		Corinthiēnsēs	Corinthiēnsia
Genitive	Corinthiēnsis			Corinthiēnsium
Dative	Corinthiēnsī			Corinthiēnsibus
Accusative	Corinthiēnsem	Corinthiēnse		Corinthiēnsēs Corinthiēnsīs	Corinthiēnsia
Ablative	Corinthiēnsī			Corinthiēnsibus
Vocative	Corinthiēnsis	Corinthiēnse		Corinthiēnsēs	Corinthiēnsia

Synonyms

• Corinthius, Corinthiacus

Further reading

• Corinthiensis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Corinthus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Corinthus”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011