among the ancients, was a sort of exercise in which they pushed forwards a ball, suspended from the ceiling, and at its return either caught it with their hands, or suffered it to meet their body. Oribasius informs us it was recommended for extenuating too gross bodies.

Corydalis, in botany, an order of plants in the fragmenta methodi naturalis of Limnus, containing the following genera, viz. epimedium, hypocum, leontice, melanthus, pingulica, and utricaria.

Corydalis, in botany. See Fumaria.