tuber, tuberis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
exotic fruit; (azarole or oriental medlar); the bush (Crataegus azarolus);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tuber | tuberes |
| Gen. | tuberis | tuberum, tuberium |
| Dat. | tuberi | tuberibus |
| Acc. | tuberem | tuberes |
| Voc. | tuber | tuberes |
| Abl. | tubere | tuberibus |
Examples
- P
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...pudet nihil? omnis dentis labefecit mihi, praeterea colaphis tuber est totum caput: etiam insuper defrudet? nusquam abeo..." - L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...spiritus prorogetur: debilem facito manu, debilem pede coxo, tuber adstrue gibberum, lubricos quate dentes:vita dum superest, benest..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...ideo numeratur inter salubria. Quaedam prosunt nec obligant: tuber quidam tyranni gladio diuisit, qui ad occidendum eum uenerat..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Recte, videbo te in publicum, mus, immo terrae tuber: nec sursum nec deorsum non cresco, nisi dominum tuum..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...articulos macies, genuumque tumebat orbis, et inmodico prodibant tubere tali. 'Hanc procul ut vidit, (neque enim est accedere..."