(6.) "Courage" is the same as having a stout--what?--Give a synonym. _Ans.
Fortitude._--State the distinction. _Ans._ "Courage" enables us to meet
danger; "fortitude" gives us strength to endure pain.--Would you say "the
Indian shows _courage_ when he endures torment without flinching"?--Would
you say "The three hundred under Leonidas displayed _fortitude_ in opposing
the entire Persian army"?--What is the contrary of "courage"?--Combine and
define courage + ous; courage + ous + ly.
11. COR'PUS, cor'poris, _the body_.
Radical: CORPOR-.
1. COR'PORAL: corpor + al = relating to the _body_.
OBS.--The noun "corporal," meaning a petty officer, is not derived from
_corpus_: it comes from the French _caporal_, of which it is a
corruption.
2. COR'PORATE: corpor + ate = made into a body: hence, united into a body
or corporation.
3. INCOR'PORATE: in + corpor + ate = to make into a body: hence, (1) to
form into a legal body; (2) to unite one substance with another.
4. CORPORA'TION: corpor + ate + ion = that which is made into a body:
hence, a body politic, authorized by law to act as one person.
5. COR'PULENT: through Lat. adj. _corpulentus_, fleshy: hence, stout in
body, fleshy.
6. COR'PUSCLE: corpus + cle = a diminutive body; hence, a minute particle
of matter.
7. CORPS: [pronounced _core_] through Fr. n. _corps_, a body. DEFINITION:
(1) a body of troops; (2) a body of individuals engaged in some one
profession.
8. CORPSE: through Fr.
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