A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Corpus,-oris (s.n.III), acc. sg. corpus, dat. sg. corpori, abl. sg. corpore, nom. & acc.pl. corpora, dat. & abl. pl. corporibus: body; “the mass of anything” (Lindley); “the mass or substance of anything” (Jackson) [> L. corpus,-oris (s.n.III), “any object composed of materials perceptible by the senses, body, substance (opp. anima,-ae (s.f.I), q.v., and animus,-i (s.m.II)), q.v.; a body whether living or lifeless; the flesh of animal bodies; the wood under the bark of a tree; a lifeless body, a corpse; the trunk (as opposed to the head); the body, person; a whole composed of parts united, a body, frame, system, structure, community, corporation; Corpus Juris, title of a Roman collection of laws” (Lewis & Short)]; see body; see flesh; see tissue;

- Animadversiones In Justiniani Institutiones (Karl Meinhold 1887), critical commentaries on the Justinian Institutes, a portion of the Corpus Juris Civilis, “Body of Civil Law”), a codification of Roman law authorized by Justinian I of Byzantium, the Institutes serving as a textbook for new, i.e. first year, law students.

- synnemata capite, corpore, cruribus ennata, synnemata issuing from the head, body and legs.

- corpore seminis tetrahedrico, with the body of the seed tetrahedral.

- truncus constans corporibus duobus, ligneo nempe et corticali (DeCandolle), the trunk consists of two bodies, namely the ligneous and the cortical.

- corpus genitalium subrotundum, minutum, albidum; reliqua ut in A. squamosa (Swartz), the body of the genitals nearly round, minute, whitish; otherwise as in A. squamosa.

- [Hookeria pendula; moss] Calyptra mitriformis, carnosa, superficie pilis articulatis erectis corporibusque pistilliformibus obtecta (Hooker), the calyptra mitriform, fleshy, on the surface covered with jointed erect pili and pistil-shaped bodies.

- [algae] corpus vegetativum in genere autem Kutzingio phycoma apellatur (Braun), in general, however, the vegetative body is called, by Kutzing, the ‘phycoma.’

- [term] Pulpa est caro seu substantia fructuum succulentorum inter corticem ac nucleum comprehensa, v. g. Pomorum, Cerasorum & similium. Primario significat partem carnosam in corpore Animalis (Ray), ‘pulp’ is the flesh or substance of succulent fruit enclosed between the cortex [i.e. skin, peel] and the nucleus [i.e. nut, central mass], for example [the fruit of] of Apples, Cherries & similar. In its primary [i.e. original] meaning it means the fleshy part in the body of an Animal; cf. caro,-onis; pulpa,-ae (s.f.I).

- [a corpse] [moss] locis umbrosis subhumidis, corporibus animalium (C. Muell.), in shaded places somewhat humid, on the bodies [i.e. corpses] of animals.

- [corpses; moss; Tetraplodon mnioides] locis subhumidis in stercore animali corporibusque animalium putridis per partem sylvaticam et subsylvaticam totius alpium tractus et Germaniae septentrionalis torfaceis (C. Muell.), in somewhat humid places on animal dung and the rotted corpses of animals, in boggy places throughout the tall and somewhat tall [mountains] of the entire territory of northern Germany.

Corpora (nom.& acc. pl.) carnosa (adj.A), corporum (gen.pl) carnosorum: ‘bodies:’ corpora carnosa (adj.A), ‘fleshy bodies,’ “the sporangia of certain Fungi” (Jackson).

Corpus ligneum (adj.A), also corpus lignosum (adj.A): “the mass of the woody tissue of a plant” (Lindley; Jackson).

Corpus medullare (adj.B), abl.sg. corpore medullari, “the mass of the cellular tissue in the pith” (Lindley; Jackson).

Corpus oleosum (adj.A), abl.sg. corpore oleoso: oil body.

Corpus vermiformis (adj.B), pl. corpora vermiformia, “(obsol.) spiral vessels in a contracted, strangled, disturbed condition” (Lindley);

Corpuscula,-orum vermiformia (adj.B): “spiral vessels in a contracted, strangled condition” (Jackson).

Tinea corporis [L. corporis, of the body] “a dermatomycosis involving the glabrous skin and producing lesions varying from those of simple scaling to deep granuloma, caused by species of Trichophyton and Microsporum” (S&D); see tinea,-ae (s.f.I)

De distinctione mentis a corpore (On the Difference of the Mind from the Body)