noun

Cŏrўbas

gen. antis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

the priests of Cybele, whose religious service consisted in noisy music and wild armed dances; adj., of the Corybantes •

Plur.: Cŏrўbantes, ium, m. (sing. Corybas, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 148 al.), = Κορύβαντες, the priests of Cybele, whose religious service consisted in noisy music and wild armed dances, later interchanged with Curetes (q. v.), Hor. C. 1, 16, 8; Ov. F. 4, 210; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1877; Lact. 1, 13, 5; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 111; Diom. p. 474 P.—Sing., Juv. 5, 25; Mart. 1, 70, 10; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 150; id. Rapt. Pros. 1, 208.—Hence, Cŏrўbantĭus, a, um, adj., of the Corybantes: aera, Verg. A. 3, 111: sacra, Arn. 5, p. 169.—

A son of Cybele, and father of the second Apollo

A son of Cybele, and father of the second Apollo, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 57.

Perseus ID: n11351 Key: Corybas