Corax

Cŏrax, ăcis (acc. -acem, Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81;

• -aca, Quint. 2, 17, 7), m., the most ancient Greek rhetorician in Sicily, a contemporary, perhaps also teacher, of Lysias, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 91; id. Brut. 12, 46; Quint. 2, 17, 7; 3, 1, 8.—In a play upon words: quare Coracem istum vestrum patiamur nos quidem pullos suos excludere, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81.

Cŏrax, ăcis, m.,

• a mountain in Aetolia, Liv. 36, 30, 4; 37, 4, 7.

2. Corax, racis, Akk. racem u. raca, m. (Κόραξ), I) ein Syrakusaner, wegen seiner Beredsamkeit und als einer der ersten Schriftsteller über Beredsamkeit gepriesen, Cic. Brut. 45. Quint. 2, 17, 7 (wo Akk. Coraca). – im Wortspiel mit κόραξ (der Rabe), quare Coracem istum vestrum patiamur nos quidem pullos suos excludere in nido, Cic. de or. 3, 81. – II) ein scherzh. Sklavenname = Klopfer, Plaut. capt. 657.

2 Cŏrax, (14) ăcis, m. , (Κόραξ), ¶ 1 rhéteur syracusain : Cic. de Or. 1, 91 ; [jeu de mots avec corax 1 ] de Or. 3, 81 ¶ 2 nom dʼesclave : Pl. Capt. 657 ¶ 3 montagne dʼÉtolie : Liv. 36, 30, 4.

CORAX

CORAX[AETOLIAp. 63.]

CORAX

CORAX(Κόραξ, Ptol. 5.9. § § 7, 10, 31, 5.10.1), a small river placed by Ptolemy in Sarmatia Asiatica, and which, rising in the Coraxici Montes,--a western portion of the chain of the Caucasus,--flowed SW. into the Euxine Sea. It was the northern limit of Colchis. It is probable that the Chariens of Arrian ( Peripl. p. 10), the Charien of Pliny (Plin. Nat. 6.3. 4), the Charis of Strabo (11. p. 499), and the Charistos of Ptolemy (Ptol. 5.10.2), are one and the same river with it. Its present name is Sukum.

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Corax

(Κόραξ). A Sicilian rhetorician, who flourished about B.C. 467, and wrote the earliest work on the art of rhetoric. It was entitled Τέχνη (Cic. De Orat. i. 20).

Corax Corax, name of horse

• Paus. 6.10.7

Corax(2), son of Coronus

• Paus. 2.5.8, Paus. 2.6.1