suber

See also: Suber

English

Etymology

From Latin sūber, apparently from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Old High German swigen (“to be silent”), possibly a reference to cork being stripped without harming the tree.[1]

Noun

suber (uncountable)

  1. (dated, technical) Cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of a plant
    • 1869, Louis Figuier, The Vegetable World, page 39:
      In many trees the suber is very slightly developed. But this is not the case with the Cork-oak (Quercus suber).

Derived terms

  1. ↑ American Journal of Philology, Volume 71, 1950

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Apparently from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Old High German swigen (“to be silent”), possibly a reference to cork being stripped without harming the tree.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsuː.ber/, [ˈsuː.bɛr]

Noun

sūber n (genitive sūberis); third declension

  1. cork oak, cork-tree
  2. cork

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative sūber sūberēs
genitive sūberis sūberum
dative sūberī sūberibus
accusative sūberem sūberēs
ablative sūbere sūberibus
vocative sūber sūberēs

Descendants

  • Old Portuguese: sobro
  • Portuguese: sobreiro
  • Romanian: suber
  • Sicilian: sùvuru, sùvaru
  • Spanish: suberoso
  • Venetian: sóvaro, sóaro, suro

References

  • suber in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • suber in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • suber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. ↑ American Journal of Philology, Volume 71, 1950
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