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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

CORNU CO'PIAE (κέρας Ἀμαλθείας). The horn of plenty; a symbol composed of the primitive drinking-horn (CORNU, 4.), filled with corn and fruit, to indicate the two kinds of nourishment essential to mankind, whence commonly employed by poets and artists as a symbol of Happiness, of Concord, and of Fortune. (Plaut. Pseud. ii. 3. 5. Compare Hor. Epist. i. 12. 29. Od. i. 17. 15. The example (Cornu_copiae/1.1) is from a terra-cotta lamp, where it accompanies an image of Fortune.

  • Cornu copiae/1.1
    Cornu copiae/1.1

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