corycus

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ὁ δὲ πείσεται εἰς ἀγαθόν περ → he will obey you to his profit, he will obey you for his own good end

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cōrycus: (cōrĭ-), i, m., = κώρυκος>,
I a leathern sack filled with sand, flour, etc., by means of which the athletae exercised in the palæstra; only fig.: corycus laterum et vocis meae Bestia, Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 26 B. and K., Halm; cf. Klotz and Orell. ad loc.