carbăsĕus (accessory form carbă-sĭnĕus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 541, 21; and carbăsĭnus, Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 23; App. M. 8, p. 214; Mart. Cap. 2, § 136), a um, adj. [carbasus], of or made of carbasus or fine linen: vela, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80: sinus, Verg. A. 11, 776; Stat. Th. 7, 658; cf. also Tib. 3, 2, 21: color, i. e. red, Vulg. Esth. 1, 6.
Subst.: carbăsī-num, i, n., a linen garment, Caecil. ap. Non. p. 548, 15.