sorba
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sorbum, sorbi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
sorb, service-berry/apple; fruit of service tree (Pyrus domestica);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...cadat in miserum nostra ruina caput. XXVI. Sorba. Sorba sumus, molles nimium tendentia ventres: aptius haec puero quam..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...fumoso suspensa tigillo conservabat opes humilis casa, mitia sorba inter odoratas pendebat texta coronas et thymbrae veteres..."
