Corbita
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Corbita is a noun meaning (historical, nautical) A two-masted merchant ship of Ancient Rome.
Meaning
(historical, nautical) A two-masted merchant ship of Ancient Rome.
Example Sentences
The corbita was heading directly back to Chalcedon, on the Asian side of the Straits.
Two corbitas have arrived at the shipwright in Pompeii, back from Persia; on board are the fine silks and spices that I ordered.
The reverse depicts a Roman corbita of the third century CE against the background of a map of the Mediterranean Sea from Tunisia and Sicily in the west to the eastern end of that sea and two lions in the foreground.
Word Forms
- corbitas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include carabus, corvus, crow, corvet, corinth, currach.
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