corbula

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin corbis

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ula

Latin corbula

From corbis + -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔr.bʊ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔr.bu.la]

Noun

corbula f (genitive corbulae); first declension

1. (diminutive of corbis) a little basket

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	corbula	corbulae
genitive	corbulae	corbulārum
dative	corbulae	corbulīs
accusative	corbulam	corbulās
ablative	corbulā	corbulīs
vocative	corbula	corbulae

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: chiorba
• Borrowings:
  • → Italian: corbula

References

• “corbula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “corbula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.