Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Corycaeum

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CORYCAE'UM. An apartment in the gymnasium and in large bathing establishments, such as the Roman Thermae, appropriated for playing a particular kind of game, which consisted in buffetting backwards and forwards a large sack (κώρυκος), filled with fig grains, olive husks, bran, or sand, suspended from the ceiling. Anthyll. ap. Oribas. Coll. Med. 6. Vitruv. v. 11.