"corbita" meaning in All languages combined

See corbita on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: corbita [plural], corbitas [plural]
Etymology: From Latin corbita (“sailing freight ship”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|corbita||sailing freight ship}} Latin corbita (“sailing freight ship”) Head templates: {{en-noun|*|s}} corbita (plural corbita or corbitas)
  1. (historical, nautical) A two-masted merchant ship of Ancient Rome. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-corbita-en-noun-CAInlmDL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Nautical Topics: nautical, transport

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [kɔrˈbiː.ta] [Classical-Latin], [korˈbiː.ta] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Clipping of corbīta nāvis, from *corbītus, from corbis + -ītus. Etymology templates: {{clip|la|corbīta nāvis}} Clipping of corbīta nāvis, {{af|la|corbis|-ītus}} corbis + -ītus Head templates: {{la-noun|corbīta<1>}} corbīta f (genitive corbītae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|corbīta<1>}} Forms: corbīta [canonical, feminine], corbītae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], corbīta [nominative, singular], corbītae [nominative, plural], corbītae [genitive, singular], corbītārum [genitive, plural], corbītae [dative, singular], corbītīs [dative, plural], corbītam [accusative, singular], corbītās [accusative, plural], corbītā [ablative, singular], corbītīs [ablative, plural], corbīta [singular, vocative], corbītae [plural, vocative]
  1. a slow-sailing freight ship Tags: declension-1

Inflected forms

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