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
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...pudet nihil? omnis dentis labefecit mihi, praeterea colaphis tuber est totum caput: etiam insuper defrudet? nusquam abeo..."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..."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..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Recte, videbo te in publicum, mus, immo terrae tuber: nec sursum nec deorsum non cresco, nisi dominum tuum..."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..."