tūber, ĕris, n. [from root tum, tumeo], a hump, bump, swelling, tumor, protuberance on animal bodies, whether natural or caused by disease.
I Lit.: 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. 245.—Prov.: ubi uber, ibi tuber, there are no roses without thorns , App. Flor. 18: qui ne tuberibus propriis offendat amicum Postulat, ignoscet verrucis illius, boils ... warts , for great and slight faults, Hor. S. 1, 3, 73. —
II Transf., of plants.
A A knob , hard excrescence on wood: tuber utrumque arboris ejus, Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68; 16, 43. 84, § 231; 25, 8, 54, § 95.—
B A kind of mushroom , a truffle , moril , a favorite article of food among the Romans, Plin. 19, 2, 11, § 33: tenerrima verno esse, id. 19, 3, 13, § 37 sq.; Juv. 5, 116; 5, 119; 14, 7; Mart. 13, 50, 2.—
C Tuber terrae.
1 Mole-hill , as a term of abuse, Petr. 58.—
2 Another name for the cyclaminon, Plin. 25, 9, 67, § 115.