The corpus record — Latin

carbasus

carbasus · f

very fine Spanish flax

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Where it lives

Achilleis 5 · 6.94/10k
de bello Gildonico 2 · 6.32/10k
Hercules 2 · 2.63/10k
Pharsalia 13 · 2.55/10k
de Bello Gothico 1 · 2.48/10k
Argonautica 8 · 2.15/10k
Remedia Amoris 1 · 1.91/10k
Medea 1 · 1.77/10k
Oedipus 1 · 1.69/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
Silvae 4 · 1.6/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 1 · 1.32/10k

Densest 12 of 30 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

carbăsus — Lewis & Short

carbăsus, i, f. (m.,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 7;

I acc. sing. n. carbasum leve, Pacat. Paneg. in Theod. 33); plur. heterocl. carbăsa, ōrum, n. (acc. m. carbasos supremos, Amm. 14, 8, 14), = ka/rpasos [Heb. ; Sanscr. karpāsa, cotton], very fine Spanish flax (unwrought or woven), fine linen, cambric, Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 10; Cat. 64, 227; plur. carbasa, Col. 10, 17 (Bip. galbana).—

II Transf., of things made of carbasus,

A A fine linen garment, Verg. A. 8, 34 Serv.; cf. Non. p. 541, 13 sq.; Curt. 8, 9, 21; Val. Max. 1, 1, 7; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 11, 54.—In plur.: carbasa, Ov. M. 11, 48; Luc. 3, 239; Val. Fl. 6, 225, and adj.: carbasa lina, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 64.—

B A curtain, Lucr. 6, 109.—

C A sail, as the Engl. canvas, Enn. Ann. 560 Vahl.; Verg. A. 3, 357; 4, 417.—In plur., Ov. M. 6, 233; 11, 477; 13, 419; 14, 533; id. H. 7, 171; id. F. 3, 587; Luc. 3, 596 al.—

D The Sibylline books, written upon linen, Claud. B. Get. 232.

In the wild

6 of 77 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. carbasus (scan p. 123; entry #1775).

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