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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔrˈbiː.ta]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [korˈbiː.ta]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''corbīta''' ''f'' (genitive corbītae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
+ Also ''nāvis corbīta''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is short for ⟨corbīta nāvis⟩, from ⟨*corbītus⟩, from [[corbis]] “basket”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨corbis⟩ as Proto-Italic ⟨*k(o)rfi-⟩, perhaps cognate with [[lt|karbas|t=basket]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's earliest source is Plautus, and Gaffiot cites his ''Poenulus''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a slow cargo ship, a merchant vessel, as in Plautus and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a cargo ship.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A slow [[m|en|cargo]] ship, merchantman.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[corbis]]
+ * [[nāvis]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}