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Lewis Short
cortex (noun M.f) : m. and rar. f. (cf. Quint. 1, 5, 35) [Sanscr. kart, to cut, split; Gr. κείρω; cf. culter]
* The bark, rind, shell, hull.
* Prop., of plants: obducuntur libro aut cortice trunci,Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120.
* In gen.
* Transf., of other shells than those of vegetables: ovi,Vitr. 8, 3.
* In partic., the bark of the cork-tree, cork, used for stoppers, Cato, R. R. 120; (masc.) Hor. C. 3, 8, 10; in learning to swim; hence prov.: nare sine cortice,to need no more assistance,id. S. 1, 4, 120—From its lightness is borrowed the phrase: tu levior cortice,Hor. C. 3, 9, 22; cf.: ut summā cortex levis innatet undā,Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 11.
* Trop., the outward part, covering, i. e. the body: anima corporeum corticem reliquit, Varr. ap. Non. p. 199, 29.
* The bark, rind, shell, hull.
* Prop., of plants: obducuntur libro aut cortice trunci,Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120.
* In gen.
* Transf., of other shells than those of vegetables: ovi,Vitr. 8, 3.
* In partic., the bark of the cork-tree, cork, used for stoppers, Cato, R. R. 120; (masc.) Hor. C. 3, 8, 10; in learning to swim; hence prov.: nare sine cortice,to need no more assistance,id. S. 1, 4, 120—From its lightness is borrowed the phrase: tu levior cortice,Hor. C. 3, 9, 22; cf.: ut summā cortex levis innatet undā,Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 11.
* Trop., the outward part, covering, i. e. the body: anima corporeum corticem reliquit, Varr. ap. Non. p. 199, 29.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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