Corsĭca — Lewis & Short
the island Corsica, in the Mediterranean Sea, renowned in ancient times for the honey and wax of wild bees; the place…
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Corsica
Corsica · f
the island Corsica, in the Mediterranean Sea, renowned in ancient times for the honey and wax of wild bees; the place…
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Distribution
- Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 17s 1 · 83.33/10k
- de bello Gildonico 1 · 3.16/10k
- Amores 1 · 0.64/10k
- Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
- Historiae 2 · 0.39/10k
- Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1 · 0.38/10k
- Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
- de Natura Deorum 1 · 0.28/10k
- Naturalis Historia 11 · 0.28/10k
- Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2 · 0.25/10k
- Ab urbe condita 10 · 0.19/10k
- Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
Senses
Attestations
- Corsicam Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 28.1.6
- Corsica Cicero, de Natura Deorum 3.52
- Corsica Claudian, de bello Gildonico 1.506
- Corsicam Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.18.2.15
- Corsica Juvenal, Saturae 1.5.92
- Corsica Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.17s
6 of 34 attestations shown.
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