tubera
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tuber, tuberis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tumor, protuberance, bump, excrescence; truffle; plant with tuberous root;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- D
Satura XIV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...cuiquam sperare propinquo concedet iuuenis, qui radere tubera terrae, boletum condire et eodem iure natantis mergere ficedulas didicit..." - D
Satura V
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...dignus ferro Meleagri spumat aper. post hunc tradentur tubera, si uer tunc erit et facient optata tonitrua cenas..." Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...potius nomen non dedit uva mihi? L. Terrae tubera. Rumpimus altricem tenero quae vertice terram tubera, boletis poma..."