LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

sūber

sūber n (genitive sūberis)
Classical[ˈsuː.bɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈsuː.ber]

Meaning

  1. cork oak, cork-tree
  2. cork

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

cortex levis arboris
suber -eris (n) — in Aeneis, ch. 22

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesūbersūbera
genitivesūberissūberum
dativesūberīsūberibus
accusativesūbersūbera
ablativesūberesūberibus
vocativesūbersūbera

sūber, ĕris, n.,
I. the cork-oak, cork-tree: Quercus suber, Linn.; Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34; 16, 25, 41, § 98; Col. 4, 26, 1; 9, 6, 1; Verg. A. 7, 742.—
II. Transf., cork: silvestre, Verg. A. 11, 554; cf.: ut ramale vetus vegrandi subere coctum, i. e. a thick bark, like that of the cork-tree, Pers. 1, 97.—The tree is called sūbĕrĭes, ēi, f., Lucil. ap. Fest. p. 294 Müll.; cf. Isid. Orig. 17, 7, 27.

Origins

Disputed. According to one hypothesis, it is from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Old High German swigen (“to be silent”) and its West Germanic cognates, possibly a reference to cork being stripped without harming the tree. However, an Indo-European etymology for the Germanic set is disputed; see *swīgā. Alternatively, it may be connected with Ancient Greek σῦφαρ (sûphar, “wrinkled skin”), from a third, perhaps substrate source, with an approximate form *sūbʰ-.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalansuro
  • Spanishzurofrom Catalan suro
  • Catalansuiro
  • Catalansúrio
  • Catalansuire
  • Catalansiure
  • Languedociensiure
  • Languedocienseure
  • Languedociensieure
  • Languedociensiuse
Borrowings
  • Englishsuber
  • Englishsuberose
  • Frenchsuber
  • Romaniansuberfrom French suber
  • Frenchsubéreux
  • Italiansubero
  • Arabicشُبِر
Italo-Romance
  • Italiansughero
  • Italiansuvero
  • Italiansuvaro
  • Italiansuvera
  • Neapolitansurve
  • Neapolitansurvo
  • Siciliansùviru
  • Venetansóvaro
  • Venetansóaro
  • Venetansuro
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesesobro
  • Spanishsobrerofrom Portuguese sobro
  • Portuguesesobreiro
  • Aragonesezuro
  • Galiciansobreira
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliansûr
Gallo-Italic
  • Emiliansùver

In English words that came into English from sūber

  • subersūber

Quick answers

What does sūber mean in Latin?
sūber, a noun, means “cork oak, cork-tree; cork”.
What is the genitive of sūber?
The genitive singular is sūberis. sūber is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce sūber?
In classical Latin, [ˈsuː.bɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsuː.ber].