corbis

corbis, is (abl. regularly corbe: corbi, Cato R. R. 136 twice), comm. [corbes dicti quod curvatis virgis contexuntur, Isid. l. l.; but more prob. kindr. with κόλπος],

• a basket (esp. for use in gathering fruits, etc.).
• • • • • α Masc., Auct. B. Hisp. 5, 1; Col. 11, 2, 99; Suet. Ner. 19; Prud. Dittoch. 147; cf. Col. 6, 3, 5 dub.—
        • β Fem., Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 165; cf. Caper de Verb. Dub. p. 2248; Cic. Sest. 38, 82 (abl. corbe).—
        • γ Of dub. gender, Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.; Cato R. R. 136; Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 1 sq.; 1, 52, 2; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61 (700); cf. Ov. M. 14, 644.

corbis, is, m. u. f. (vgl. altisl. hrip, hölzernes Gefäß u. ahd. ref, Gestell zum Tragen auf dem Rücken), der Korb (vgl. Varro LL. 5, 139), messoria, Cic.: pabulatorius, Col.: lapidibus corbes pleni, Auct. b. Hisp.: corbes bis seni, Prud.: desectam cum stramento segetem corbibus fundere in Tiberim, Liv.

corbis [CL] , basket; b (for distribution of alms). c coracle. totidem corbes ex ordine cernit [cf. Jer. xxiv 1: calathi] Aldh. VirgV 320; †~en [? l. ~em], mand GlC C 573; ~us, cauuel Ib. 580; 9‥ corvis, mand ‥, cawel WW; ~es, leap Ælf. Gl.; dum juxta fertur quedam in sporta, a cingulo pedetenus membris contracta ‥, illico stans in pedes ~em exilit Herm. Arch. 13; Neckam Ut. 110 (v. calathus 1a); 1258 ij ~es ad portandum et ij ad seminandum Ac. Wellingb. 3; est cophinus, calatus, cum sporta sportula, corbus Garl. Syn. 1583C; 14‥ hec ~ex, A. lepe ‥, hic ~es, hoc dolium, a tune ‥ WW; 1555 pro scorbis pro carbonibus lin’ cum corrio KR Ac 428/5 f. 29.  b ut ~ibus preficeretur optinuit, non tamen quod ad eum pertineat de egenis aut de pauperibus curam gerat J. Sal. Pol. 677A.  c officium lintris corbis subit; hunc regit audax / cursus labentis nauta fluenta sequens; / dehinc humeris cymbam fert navita vimine textam, / ut superas adeat fluminis hujus [Speh in Scotia] aquas Neckam DS III 911.

corbis, (13) is, m. , Col. Rust. 11, 2, 99 et f. , Cic. Sest. 82, corbeille.

➳ abl. -i Cato Agr. 136 ; -e Cic. Sest. 82.

corbis , is. f. m.
筐。桅上之樓。

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corbis is, m and f

• a basket: messoria: aristas Corbe tulit, O.: de corbibus māla, Iu.

CORBIS

CORBISdim. COR´BULA, CORBIC´ULA, a basket of very peculiar form and common use among the Romans, both for agricultural and other purposes. It was made of osiers twisted together, and was of a conical or pyramidal shape. (Varr. L. L. 5.139; Isidor. Orig. 20.9; Cic. pro Sest. 38, 82; Ov. Met. 14.644; Plaut. Aul. 2.7, 4; Suet. Nero 19; Colum. 6.3, 5; 11.2-Z2, 99). A basket answering precisely to this description, both in form and material, is still to be seen in everyday use among the Campanian peasantry, which is called in the language of the country la corbella, a representation of which is introduced in the lower portion of the annexed woodcut. The hook attached to it by a string is for the purpose of suspending it to a branch of the tree into which the man climbs to pick his oranges, lemons, olives, or figs. The upper portion of the woodcut (Antichità di Ercolano, tom. iii. tav. 29) represents a Roman farm, in which a farming man, in the shape of a dwarfish satyr, is seen with a pole (ἄσιλλα) across his shoulder, to each end of which is suspended a basket resembling in every respect the Campanian corbella; all which coincidences of name, form, and description leave no doubt as to the identity of the term with the object represented. Like the calathus, which it resembles in shape, it is sometimes employed as a distinguishing emblem of Ceres (Clarac, Mus de Sculpt. pl. 214, n. 33).

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