corbe
Dictionary entries
- Entry →corbis, corbis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
basket; (esp. one used for gathering grain/fruit; basketful (quantity);
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...consumit, gustantibus adhuc nobis repositorium allatum est cum corbe, in quo gallina erat lignea patentibus in orbem alis..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...felicior illis. o quotiens habitu duri messoris aristas corbe tulit verique fuit messoris imago! tempora saepe gerens faeno..."
