Corioli
Latin
Etymology
Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *kóryos (“army”) << *ker-, giving a town a name similar to "army camp."[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈri.o.liː/, [kɔˈriɔlʲiː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈri.o.li/, [koˈriːoli]
Proper noun
Coriolī m pl (genitive Coriolōrum); second declension
- A city of the Volsci in Latium conquered by the legendary general Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Coriolī |
| Genitive | Coriolōrum |
| Dative | Coriolīs |
| Accusative | Coriolōs |
| Ablative | Coriolīs |
| Vocative | Coriolī |
| Locative | Coriolīs |
Derived terms
- Coriolānī
- Coriolānus
References
- “Corioli”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Corioli in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “Corioli”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- McCone, Kim R. (1987). "Hund, Wolf und Krieger bei den Indogermanen". In Meid, Wolfgang (ed.). Studien zum indogermanischen Wortschatz
- Woodard, R. D. 2020. “Coriolanus and Fortuna Muliebris.” Japan Studies in Classical Antiquity (JASCA) 4: 24–25
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