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corbe. Cf. Prop. V. ii. 28, corbis in imposito pondere messor eram. The corbis messoria was a basket of conical or cylindrical shape used in gathering the ears of corn without the straw. It was of large size, similar to that which served as the crow's nest at the mast-head of ships.
Charles Simmons. Metamorphoseon XIII. xiv. The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books XIII. and XIV. Edited, with introduction, analysis, and notes by Charles Simmons. New York. Macmillan. 1899.
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