corbes
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);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...consumit, gustantibus adhuc nobis repositorium allatum est cum corbe, in quo gallina erat lignea patentibus in orbem alis..."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..."
