suber

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sūber, ĕris, n.,

I the cork-oak , cork-tree : Quercus suber, Linn.; Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34; 16, 25, 41, § 98; Col. 4, 26, 1; 9, 6, 1; Verg. A. 7, 742.—

II Transf., cork : silvestre, Verg. A. 11, 554; cf.: ut ramale vetus vegrandi subere coctum, i. e. a thick bark , like that of the cork-tree, Pers. 1, 97.—The tree is called sūbĕrĭes , ēi, f., Lucil. ap. Fest. p. 294 Müll.; cf. Isid. Orig. 17, 7, 27.

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