Corsica, ae (Corsis, idis, Prisc. Perieg. 470), f. (among the Greeks, Κύρνος, Κορσίς), the island Corsica, in the Mediterranean Sea, renowned in ancient times for the honey and wax of wild bees; the place of banishment of Seneca the philosopher, Liv. Epit. 17; Sen. Cons. Helv. 6, 2; Tac. H. 2, 16; Mel. 2, 7, 19; Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 80; Monum. Scip. ap. Inscr. Orell. 552; Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 52 al.

— Hence adjj. Cor-sus, a, um, Corsican, Ov. F. 6, 194.

—In plur.: Corsi, ōrum, m., the Corsicans, Liv. 42, 7, 1 and 2; Plin. 15, 29, 38, § 126.

— Also, a people that migrated from Corsica into northern Sardinia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85.

— Corsicus, a, um, Corsican: litora, Manil. 4, 636: apis, Ov. Am. 1, 12, 10: mel, Plin. 30, 4, 10, § 28: cera, id. 21, 14, 49, § 84.

— Corsicānus, a, um, Corsican: ager, Sol. 3: mella, Serv. ad Verg. E. 9, 30; id. G. 4, 101.