corbona

== Latin == === Alternative forms === corbān === Etymology === From Classical Syriac ܩܘܽܪܒܳܢܳܐ (qurbānā, “sacrifice, gift”), the typical Semitic term for religious sacrifices, compare Arabic قُرْبَان (qurbān), itself borrowed, and Classical Syriac ܒܶܝܬ ܩܘܽܪܒܳܢܳܐ (bēṯ qurbānā, “treasurechamber of a temple”, literally “house of gift”). In Ancient Greek κορβανᾶς (korbanâs), κορβωνᾶς (korbōnâs), the sacrifice being κορβᾶν (korbân). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔrˈboː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [korˈbɔː.na] === Noun === corbōna f (genitive corbōnae); first declension treasure chamber constituted by sacrifices, corban Vulg. Matth. 27, 3–6 ==== Inflection ==== First-declension noun. === References === "corbona", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “corbona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “corbona”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “qwrbn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–