Κώρυκος

Κώρῠκος, ὁ,

• Corycus, a promontory of Cilicia, h.Ap. 39, etc.:— Adj. Κωρυκαῖος, α, ον: the inhabitants were infamous for spying out the destination and value of ships’ cargoes and then piratically seizing them, Ephor. 27 J., etc.: hence Κωρυκαῖος, prov. of spies and eavesdroppers, Str. 14.1.32, Cic. Att. 10.18.1, prob. in Call. Iamb. 1.143; K. ἠκροάσατο, ‘a little bird told me’, Men. 150; μὴ κατακούσειεν δέ μου ὁ K., ‘low be it spoken’, Diox. 2:—also Κωρύκιον σκάφος piratical craft, Alciphr. 1.8.