LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

corbis

corbis m or f (genitive corbis)
Classical[ˈkɔr.bɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔr.bis]

Meaning

  1. femininemasculinebasket; basketful
    De Tiburtino veniet agro haedulus, qui plus lactis habet quam sanguinis, et montani asparagi. grandia ova adsunt ipsis cum matribus, et uvae servatae parte anni quales fuerant in vitibus, Syriumque pirum, de corbibus et odoris mala recentis.From my farm at Tiburtinum comes a baby goat, whose veins hold more milk than blood; mountain asparagus, big eggs, and the mothers that laid them, as well as grapes, preserved for six months, but still as fresh as when they were gathered; baskets of Syrian pears and fresh, sweet-smelling apples.circa 102, Juvenalis, Saturae 11.65–74

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecorbiscorbēs
genitivecorbiscorbium
dativecorbīcorbibus
accusativecorbem
corbim		corbēs
corbīs
ablativecorbe
corbī		corbibus
vocativecorbiscorbēs

corbis, is (abl. regularly corbe:
I. 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.).
(a). Masc., Auct. B. Hisp. 5, 1; Col. 11, 2, 99; Suet. Ner. 19; Prud. Dittoch. 147; cf. Col. 6, 3, 5 dub.—
(b). Fem., Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 165; cf. Caper de Verb. Dub. p. 2248; Cic. Sest. 38, 82 (abl. corbe).—
(g). 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; cf. Ov. M. 14, 644.

Origins

Unknown. Some refer it to Latin curvus, others to Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos) or from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ- (“to turn (around), wind”) (cognate with scirpus); it could be also a Semitic borrowing, comparing Ge'ez ከረቦ (käräbo, “basket”), Amharic ከረቦ (käräbo, “basket”), considering the variant Ge'ez ከበሮ (käbäro, “basket”) possibly related to Ge'ez ከፈር (käfär, “basket”), Tigrinya ከፈር (käfär, “basket”), Arabic قَفِير (qafīr, “basket”). Alternatively, possibly borrowed from early Proto-West Germanic *korb, from Proto-Germanic *kurbaz, from earlier *krebô (“basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“bundle”).

Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchcorbeillefrom Old French corbeil
  • Englishcorbeilfrom Old French corbeil
  • Englishcorbeillefrom Old French corbeil
Italo-Romance
  • Italiancorba
Borrowings
  • Englishcorbicula
  • Proto-West Germanic*korb
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesecorbelha

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesCorbisCorbis dim. CORBULA, CORBICULA, a basket of very peculiar form and common use among the Romans, both for agricultural and other purposes. It was made …

Quick answers

What does corbis mean in Latin?
corbis, a noun, means “basket; basketful”.
What is the genitive of corbis?
The genitive singular is corbis. corbis is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce corbis?
In classical Latin, [ˈkɔr.bɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkɔr.bis].