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sorbus

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

Latin > English

sorbus sorbi N F :: sorb/service tree (Pyrus domestica); sorb, service-berry/apple (L+S)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sorbus: i, f.,
I the true sorb- or servicetree: Sorbus domestica, Linn.; Col. 5, 10, 19; Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 74; Pall. Jan. 15, 1 al.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sorbus,¹⁶ ī, f., sorbier : Col. Rust. 5, 10 ; Plin. 16, 74.

Latin > German (Georges)

sorbus, ī, f., der Sperberbaum, Arlesbeerbaum (Sorbus torminalis, L.), Colum. u. Plin.

Latin > Chinese

sorbus, i. f. :: 杜棃樹