A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ed. Miiller; Isidor. Orig. xx. 9 ; Cic. proSest. 38 ; Ov. Met. xiv. 643; Plaut. Aul. ii. 7. 4 ;Suet. Ner. 19.) A basket answering preciselyto this description, both in form and material, isstill to be seen in everyday use among the Cam-panian peasantry, which is called in the languageof the country la corbella, a representation ofwhich is introduced in the lower portion of theannexed woodcut. The hook attached to it bya string is for the purpose of suspending it to abranch of the tree into which the man climbs topick his oranges, lemons, olives,
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ed. Miiller; Isidor. Orig. xx. 9 ; Cic. proSest. 38 ; Ov. Met. xiv. 643; Plaut. Aul. ii. 7. 4 ;Suet. Ner. 19.) A basket answering preciselyto this description, both in form and material, isstill to be seen in everyday use among the Cam-panian peasantry, which is called in the languageof the country la corbella, a representation ofwhich is introduced in the lower portion of theannexed woodcut. The hook attached to it bya string is for the purpose of suspending it to abranch of the tree into which the man climbs topick his oranges, lemons, olives, or figs. Theupper portion of the woodcut (AnticMtd di Er-colanOf torn. iii. tav. 29) represents a Roman farm, in which a fanning man, in the shape of a dwarf-ish satyr, is seen with a pole (dcrtAAa) acrosshis shoulder, to each end of which is suspended abasket resembling in every respect the Campaniancorbella; all which coincidences of name, form,and description leave no doubt as to the identityof the term with the object represented. [A. R.]. CORBITAE, merchantmen of the larger class,so called because they hung out a corbis at themast-head for a sign. (Festus ; Nonius, s. v.)They were also termed onerariae ; and hencePlautus, in order to designate the voracious ap-petites of some women, says, Corbitam cibicomesse possunt {Cas. iv. 1. 20). They werenoted for their heavy build and sluggish sailing(Lucil. ap. ; Plaut. ),and carried passengers as well as merchandise, an-swering to the large felucca of the present proposed to take a passage in one of thosevessels, which he opposes to the smarter class ofpackets (actuariola, ad Att. xvi. 6). [A. R.]CORD AX (k<V5<). [Chorus, 280, a.]CORNFCINES. [Aeneatores.]CORNICULARII. [Exercitus.]CORNU. [Exercitus.]CORNU, a wind instrument, anciently made ofhorn, but afterwards of brass. (Varr. L. L. v. 117,ed. Miiller.) According to Athenaeus (iv. p. 184, a.)it was an invention of the Etruscans. Like th
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