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Definition of Corinthian
1. Adjective. Or pertaining to the Corinthian style of architecture.
2. Noun. A man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure.
3. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Corinth or its inhabitants.
4. Noun. A resident of Corinth.
Definition of Corinthian
1. a. Of or relating to Corinth.
2. n. A native or inhabitant of Corinth.
3. n. A man of fashion given to pleasuring or sport; a fashionable man about town; esp., a man of means who drives his own horse, sails his own yacht, or the like.
Definition of Corinthian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to Corinth ¹
2. Adjective. (architecture) Of the Corinthian w:Classical_order#Greek_orders Greek order ¹
3. Adjective. elaborate, ornate ¹
4. Noun. An inhabitant or a resident of Corinth, and its suburbs. ¹
5. Noun. An inhabitant, a resident of; a thing that originates from Corinthia ¹
6. Noun. An accomplished amateur athlete. ¹
7. Noun. A sailboat owner who helms xyr own boat in competitive racing. ¹
8. Noun. A worldly, fashionable person, accepted in society though possibly dissolute. ¹
9. Noun. (context manège) Horse show-class in which contestants are members of a formal hunt and wear the livery thereof, as opposed to appointment show-class. ¹
10. Noun. (dated nautical) An amateur yachtsman who sails his own yacht without a professional skipper. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corinthian
Literary usage of Corinthian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vitruvius, the Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio (1914)
"This is because the height of the Ionic capital is only one third of the thickness
of the column, while that of the Corinthian is the entire thickness of ..."
2. The Potters' Quarter: The Pottery by Agnes Newhall Stillwell, Jack Leonard Benson (1984)
"... amphoras, plate and kalathos 7 Early Proto-Corinthian: ... amphora, plate and
bowl Middle Proto-Corinthian I 13 Middle Proto-Corinthian I 14 Middle ..."
3. The Red-Figure Pottery by Sharon Herbert (1977)
"The changeover from the Corinthian to the Attic-type skyphos appears to ...
This is markedly different from the development of Corinthian red figure and the ..."
4. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... won a derided victory, nnd destroyed fifteen ships of the Corinthian».
It happened likewise tho ч uno d:iy, that those too who «ere besieging ..."
5. Vitruvius, the Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio (1914)
"Corinthian columns are, excepting in their capitals, of the same proportions in
all respects as Ionic; but the height of their capitals gives them ..."
6. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1906)
"CHAPTER VIII THE Corinthian STYLE THE Corinthian would appear but a modification
... So that the earliest Corinthian capitals, or those which seem 171—Early ..."
7. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"Corinthian column base as restored in 1 970/ 1 97 1 h. Corinthian capital fragment
Mo 1 ... Corinthian capital CC 10 c_ Corinthian column drum Cl 2 d. ..."
8. A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens, Allan Ferguson Westcott (1920)
"All night Phormio watched his enemy and at dawn surprised him in mid-crossing.
On seeing Phormio advance to the attack, the Corinthian drew up his squadron ..."
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