sorbum
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
Latin > English
sorbum sorbi N N :: sorb, service-berry/apple; fruit of service tree (Pyrus domestica)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sorbum: i, n. sorbus,
I the fruit of the sorbus, a sorb - apple, sorb, service - berry, Plin. 15, 21, 23, § 85; Cato, R. R. 7, 5; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 3; Col. 12, 16, 4; Verg. G. 3, 380.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sorbum,¹⁴ ī, n., sorbe, fruit du sorbier : Virg. G. 3, 380 ; Cato Agr. [citation non retrouvée] ; Plin.
Latin > German (Georges)
sorbum, ī, n., die Frucht des Baumes sorbus, der Speierling, die Arlesbeere, Cato, Verg. u.a.
