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1 tūber
tūber eris, n [1 TV-], a lump, bump, swelling, tumor, protuberance, hump: colaphis tuber est totum caput, is one boil, T.—Poet.: tuberibus propriis offendere amicum, i. e. great faults, H.— A mushroom, truffle, moril, Iu.* * *Iexotic fruit; (azarole or oriental medlar); the bush (Crataegus azarolus)IItumor, protuberance, bump, excrescence; truffle; plant with tubereous root -
2 tuber
1.tūber, ĕris, n. [from root tum, tumeo], a hump, bump, swelling, tumor, protuberance on animal bodies, whether natural or caused by disease.I.Lit.:II.cameli,
Plin. 8, 18, 26, § 67:boum,
id. 8, 45, 70, § 179:tubera... anserino adipe curantur,
tumors, id. 30, 12, 33, § 107; so id. 22, 24, 50, § 107; 26, 14, 87, § 139 al.; cf.: colaphis tuber est totum caput, is one boil, i. e. is full of boils, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 37.—Prov.:ubi uber, ibi tuber,
there are no roses without thorns, App. Flor. p. 359, 29: qui ne tuberibus propriis offendat amicum Postulat, ignoscet verrucis illius, boils... warts, for great and slight faults, Hor. S. 1, 3, 73. —Transf., of plants.A.A knob, hard excrescence on wood:B.tuber utrumque arboris ejus,
Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68; 16, 43. 84, § 231; 25, 8, 54, § 95.—A kind of mushroom, a truffle, moril, a favorite article of food among the Romans, Plin. 19, 2, 11, § 33:C.tenerrima verno esse,
id. 19, 3, 13, § 37 sq.; Juv. 5, 116; 5, 119; 14, 7; Mart. 13, 50, 2.—Tuber terrae.1.Mole-hill, as a term of abuse, Petr. 58.—2.Another name for the cyclaminon, Plin. 25, 9, 67, § 115.2.tŭber, ĕris, m. and f.I.Fem., a kind of apple-tree, Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103; Col. 11, 2, 11; Pall. Jan. 15, 20; id. Sept. 14, 1.—II.Masc., the fruit of this tree, Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47; Mart. 13, 42, 1; 13, 43, 2; Suet. Dom. 16. -
3 acridium
scammony (Convolvulus Scammonia); purgative resin from its tuber root
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