CORPUS, corpus
Sounds Like: KOR-poos
Translations: body, a body, corpse, a corpse, flesh, a flesh, substance, a substance, collection, a collection, group, a group
From the root: CORPUS
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: Corpus is a Latin noun that primarily means 'body', referring to a physical body, whether living or dead (a corpse). It can also refer to the 'substance' or 'main part' of something, or more broadly, a 'collection' or 'group' of things, such as a body of laws or a group of people. It is a neuter noun.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 11:4
From the same root
No other words from the same root, CORPUS, appear in our texts.
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