tuber

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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.
tūber: ĕris, n. from root tum, tumeo,
I 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. 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. —
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.