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|lshtext=<b>Cŏrax</b>: ăcis (acc. -acem, Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81;<br /><b>I</b> -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.<br /><b>Cŏrax</b>: ăcis, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[mountain]] in Ætolia, Liv. 36, 30, 4; 37, 4, 7.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(2) <b>Cŏrax</b>,¹⁴ ăcis, m., (Κόραξ),<br /><b>1</b> rhéteur syracusain : Cic. de Or. 1, 91 ; [jeu de mots avec [[corax]] 1 ] de Or. 3, 81<br /><b>2</b> nom d’esclave : Pl. Capt. 657<br /><b>3</b> montagne d’Étolie : Liv. 36, 30, 4.
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{{Georges
|georg=(2) [[Corax]]<sup>2</sup>, 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.
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