Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), K, Conventus, Corbītae

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Corbītae

Merchantmen of the larger class, so called because they hung out a corbis at the masthead for a sign (Festus; Nonius, s. v.). They were also termed onerariae; and hence Plautus, in order to designate the voracious appetites of some women, says corbitam cibi comesse possunt ( Cas. iv. 1, 20). The modern corvette gets its name from the corbita.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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