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Corycian, a.|kəˈrɪʃɪən|
Also 6 Coritian.
[f. L. Cōrycius, a. Gr. κωρύκιος, f. κώρυκος Corycus or κωρυκία Corycia (see def.): see -ian.]
Of or pertaining to the mountain cave of Corycus at the foot of Parnassus, sacred to the Muses, or to the nymph Corycia, daughter of Apollo; chiefly in Corycian cave, Corycian nymphs (the Muses).
1567Turberv. Ovid's Ep. xx. Tij, The famous Ile (where the Coritian Nymphes Did lodge of yore). 1626G. Sandys Ovid's Met. i. 230 Corycian Nymphs, and Hill-gods he adores. 1636Saltonstall Ovid's Heroicall Ep. i. xix. 139 Cæa where Corycian Nymphs have, In Parnassus hill an old famous Cave. 1746Akenside Hymn to Naiads (1758) 319 To the cave Corycian or the Delphic mount. 1877Encycl. Brit. VII. 53/1 The famous Corycian cave, a large grotto in the limestone rock, which afforded the people of Delphi a refuge during the Persian invasion. 1883R. Whitelaw tr. Sophocles' Antigone 1127 With nymphs Corycian in thy train. 1885Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 318/1 Parnassus was..hallowed by the worship of Apollo, of the Muses, and of the Corycian nymphs. 1908Daily Chron. 7 July 3/3 He is..as enviable as the Corycian old man. |