cŏrĭum | cŏrĭus, ii (noun N.m) : n. (ante-class. , , m., Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 11; id. Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 60, 7; Sillig reads caros in both places; Varr. ap. Non. p. 199, 16) [for scorium, kindr. with scortum; Sanscr. kar; old Germ. sceran; Gr. χόριον]
* Skin, hide, leather.
* In gen.
* Meton.
* In partic.
* Of plants, rind, skin, bark, covering, shell, etc., Plin. 15, 28, 34, § 112; Pall. Jan. 15, 12; Dig. 32, 52.
* Of paper, Plin. 13, 12, 24, § 79.
* Prov.: alicui corium concidere, to curry his hide, i.e. to beat him, Plaut. Am. prol. 85; cf.: fiet tibi puniceum corium, postea atrum denuo,id. Rud. 4, 3, 61: Hercle detegetur corium de tergo meo,id. Ep. 1, 1, 65; Varr. ap. Non. l. l.: satis facere alicui de corio alicujus,Sen. Suas. 7, p. 53 Bip.: petere corium,to flog,Cic. Tull. 24, 54; Sen. Const. 14, 2: canis a corio numquam absterrebitur uncto, i. e. habits stick closely, like the Gr. χαλεπὸν χορίῳ κύνα γεῦσαι, it is bad to let the dog taste leather, Hor. S. 2, 5, 83; and: de alieno corio ludere,i. e. at another's expense,App. M. 7, p. 193; cf. Tert. Pall. 3; and: corio suo ludere,at one's own expense,Mart. 3, 16, 4.
* A leather whip, thong, or strap, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 11; Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23.
* In building, the upper surface, a layer, stratum of earth, lime, etc.: pavimenti,Cato, R. R. 18, 7: harenae,Vitr. 7, 3, 8: summum laterum,id. 2, 3: parietum,id. 2, 8; Pall. 1, 17; cf. id. 1, 15: terrae,Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 47.—So of the building of the bees, Plin. 11, 7, 6, § 16.

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