CORBĪTAE
A Smaller Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities · 1884 · p. 7
merchantmen of the larger cla , so called because they hung out a corbis at the mast-head for a sign. They were also termed onerariae ; and hence Plautus, in order to designate the voracious appetites of some women, says, “ Corbitam cibi come e po unt .” IMG:6459379820872971714_ill117a.jpg: Cornu. (Bartholini de Tibiis.) IMG:6459379820872971714_ill117b.jpg: Altar of Julius Victor. (Bartoli, Pict. Ant., p. 76.)
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