LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

ūber1

ūber n (genitive ūberis)
Classical[ˈuː.bɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈuː.ber]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. a teat, pap, dug, udder, a lactating breast
    huic fuit haedōrum māter fōrmōsa duōrum, inter Dictaeōs cōnspiciendā gregēs, cornibus āeriīs atque in sua terga recurvīs, ūbere, quod nūtrīx posset habēre Iovis,She had [a goat], a beautiful mother of two kids, a remarkable sight among the flocks of Dicte, with horns rising upwards and curving over her back, [and] with an udder, such as the wet-nurse of Jupiter would have; she was giving milk to the god. (See Amalthea (mythology).)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 5.117–121
  2. richness, fruitfulness

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

plēnus et fēlīx; ager ūber multum frūmentum dat.
ūber -eris — in Mille Verba, Rūs et Agrīcultūra

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Mamma · Mamilla · Uber · Papilla

1. Mamma and uber denote the breast in the female body; mamma (μάμμη) denotes the visible breast as a fleshy part of the body, particularly of a female body; whereas uber (οὐαρόν) the nourishing breast as filled with milk, which is only found in the female body, like οὖθαρ. 2. Papilla and mamilla denote the nipples of the breast, common to the male and female; papilla (redupl. of πάλλα) with reference to their spherical shape, without distinction of the sexes, like μαζός; mamilla (redupl. from ἀμέλγω) with reference to their adaptation for suckling, and therefore belonging only to the female sex, like τίτθη, and teats. (iv. 133.)

Fœcundus · Fertilis · Ferax · Uber · Frugifer · Fructuosus

1. Fœcundus (from φύω, fœtus,) denotes the fruitfulness of a living and breeding being, in opp. to effatus, like εὔτόκος; whereas fertilis and ferax (from (φέρω) the fruitfulness of inanimate and productive nature, and of the elements, opposed to sterilis, like εὔφορος. Tac. Ann. xii. 63. Byzantium fertili solo fœcundoque mari, quia vis piscium hos ad portus adfertur. Germ. 5. Terra satis ferax, frugiferarum arborum impatiens, pecorum fœcunda, sed plerumque improcera. Mela. i. 9, 1. Terra mire fertilis et animalium perfœcunda genetrix. And ii. 7. 2. Fertilis denotes the actual fruitfulness which has been produced by cultivation; ferax, the mere capability which arises from the nature of the soil. Cicero uses fertilis in a proper, ferax, in a figurative sense. 3. Fertilis and ferax denote fruitfulness under the image of creative and productive power, as of the father and mother; uber, under the image of fostering and sustaining, as of the nurse, like εὐθηνής; frugifer, under the image of a corn-field; fructuosus, under that of a tree rich in fruit, like ἔγκαρπος. (iv. 831.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeūberūbera
genitiveūberisūberum
dativeūberīūberibus
accusativeūberūbera
ablativeūbereūberibus
vocativeūberūbera

ūber, ĕris, n. Gr. οὖθαρ; Sanscr. ūdhar; cf. O. H. Germ. uter; Engl. udder; cf. the letter B,
I. a teat, pap, dug, udder, a breast that gives suck (mostly poet. and in post Aug. prose).
(a). Sing., Lucr. 1, 887: lactantes ubere toto, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 103 P. (Ann. v. 71 Vahl.): (vitula) binos alit ubere fetus, Verg. E. 3, 30: ut vix sustineant distentum cruribus uber, Ov. M. 13, 826: vituio ab ubere rapto, id. F. 4, 459: cum a nutricis ubere auferretur, Suet. Tib. 6.—
(b). Plur. (so most freq.): saepe etiam nunc (puer) Ubera mammarum in somnis lactantia quaeret, Lucr. 5, 885: lactea, Verg. G. 2, 524: capreoli Bina die siccant ovis ubera, id. E. 2, 42; cf.: ad sua quisque fere decurrunt ubera lactis (agni), Lucr. 2, 370: lactis, Tib. 1, 3, 46: mammarum, Gell. 12, 1, 7: candens lacteus umor Uberibus manat distentis, Lucr. 1, 259: distenta, Hor. Epod. 2, 46: equina, id. ib. 8, 8: tenta, id. ib. 16, 50: natos uberibus gravidis vitali rore rigabat, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20; cf.: (Romulus) cum esset silvestris beluae sustentatus uberibus, id. Rep. 2, 2, 4: uberaque ebiberant avidi lactantia nati, Ov. M. 6, 342: sua quemque mater uberibus alit, Tac. G. 20.—
II. Transf.
A. Of the earth, the fruitful breast, etc.: alma tellus annuā vice mortalibus distenta musto demittit ubera, Col. 3, 21, 3: ubera campi, id. poët. 10, 90. —
B. A cluster or mass in the shape of an udder, of bees hanging from trees when swarming, Pall. Jun. 7, 6 and 9.—
C. Richness, fruitfulness, fertility: quique frequens herbis et fertilis ubere campus, Verg. G. 2, 185: divitis agri, id. A. 7, 262: glebae, id. ib. 1, 531: in denso non segnior ubere Bacchus, id. G. 2, 275; cf.: pecorique et vitibus almis Aptius uber erit, id. ib. 2, 234: vitis, Col. 4, 27, 5: palmitis Etrusci, Claud. B. G. 504.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *ouðer, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”) (r/n-stem, with r made common to all cases). Cognates include Vedic Sanskrit ऊधर् (ū́dhar), Ancient Greek οὖθαρ (oûthar), Old English ūder, and modern English udder.

Descendants
  • Italianuvero
  • Italianubero
  • Portugueseubre
  • Portugueseúbere
  • Romanianuger
  • Spanishubre
  • Aromanianudzir
  • Aromanianudzãri
  • Franco-Provençaluvro
  • Friulianluvri
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)
ūber2
ūber (genitive ūberis, comparative ūberior, superlative ūberrimus, adverb ūber or ūbertim)
Classical[ˈuː.bɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈuː.ber]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. one terminationfruitful, productive
  2. one terminationcopious, full, rich

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeūberūberūber
genitiveūberisūberisūberis
dativeūberīūberīūberī
accusativeūberemūberemūber
ablativeūberīūberīūberī
vocativeūberūberūber
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeūberēsūberēsūbera
genitiveūberum
ūberium		ūberum
ūberium		ūberum
ūberium
dativeūberibusūberibusūberibus
accusativeūberīs
ūberēs		ūberīs
ūberēs		ūbera
ablativeūberibusūberibusūberibus
vocativeūberēsūberēsūbera

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

materia rerum et copia uberrima
abundance of material.
fusius, uberius, copiosius disputare, dicere de aliqua re
to speak at great length on a subject, discuss very fully.
lingua graeca latinā locupletior (copiosior, uberior) est
the Greek language is a richer one than the Latin.
fructum (uberrimum) capere, percipere, consequi ex aliqua re
to derive (great) profit , advantage from a thing.

ūber, ĕris (abl. uberi;
I. but ubere campo, Col. 6, 27, 1), adj [1. uber; cf. ibid. II. C.], rich in something, full, fruitful, fertile, abundant, plentiful, copious, productive (class.; syn.: ferax, fertilis, fecundus).
I. Lit.: seges spicis uberibus et crebris, Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91: messis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 23: fruges, Hor. C. 4, 15, 5: itaque res uber fuit, antequam vastassent regiones, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 647 P.: Umbria me genuit terris fertilis uberibus, Prop. 1, 22, 10; cf.: in uberi agro, Liv. 29, 25, 12: uber solum, Tac. H. 5, 6: (Neptunus) Piscatu novo me uberi compotivit, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 6: onus, id. Ps. 1, 2, 64; cf. Col. 6, 27: bellum, productive in booty, Just. 38, 7, 9: gravis imber et uber. copious, Lucr. 6, 290: guttae, id. 1, 349: aquae, Ov. M. 3, 31: aqua prolluens et uber, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, 3: rivi, Hor. C. 2, 19, 10.—Comp.: agro bene culte nihil potest esse nec usu uberius nec specie ornatius, Cic. Sen. 16, 57: neque enim robustior aetas Ulla nec uberior (aestate), Ov. M. 15, 208: subtemen, fuller, stouter, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20.—Sup.: uberrimi laetissimique fructus, Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156.— With abl.: arbor ibi niveis uberrima pomis, Ov. M. 4, 89: (Sulmo) gelidis uberrimus undis, id. Tr. 4, 10, 3: uberrimus quaestus, the most profitable, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 22: equum nimis strigosum et male habitum, sed equitem ejus uberrimum et habitissimum viderunt, exceedingly stout, plump, or fat, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11.— With gen.: regio cum aeris ac plumbi uberrima, tum et minio, Just. 44, 3, 4: frugum, Att. ap. Non. 498, 6.—Absol.: teneant uberrima Teucer Et Libys, the most fruitful regions, Val. Fl. 1, 510.—
II. Trop., full, rich, copious, esp. of style and language: hoc Periclem praestitisse ceteris dicit oratoribus Socrates, quod is Anaxagorae physici fuerit auditor, a quo censet eum uberem et fecundum fuisse, Cic. Or. 4, 15: motus animi, qui ad explicandum ornandumque sint uberes, id. de Or. 1, 25, 113: theses ad excitationem dicendi mire speciosae atque uberes, Quint. 2, 4, 24.—Comp.: nullus feracior in eā (philosophiā) locus est nec uberior quam de officiis, Cic. Off. 3, 2, 5; id. Div. 1, 3, 6: aut majore delectatione aut spe uberiore commoveri, id. de Or. 1, 4, 13: quis uberior in dicendo Platone? id. Brut. 31, 121: uberiores litterae, id. Att. 13, 50, 1: Catoni seni comparatus C. Gracchus plenior et uberior, Tac. Or. 18: haec Africanus Petreiusque pleniora etiam atque uberiora Romam ad suos perscribant, Caes. B. C. 1, 53: tuasque Ingenio laudes uberiore canunt, Ov. Tr. 2, 74: in juvenibus etiam uberiora paulo et paene periclitantia feruntur, Quint. 11, 1, 32.—Sup.: doctissimi homines ingeniis uberrimis adfluentes, Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (dub.; bracketed by B. and K.): uberrima supplicationibus triumphisque provincia, full of, id. Pis. 40, 97: uberrimae litterae, id. Att. 4, 16, 13: nec decet te ornatum uberrimis artibus, id. Brut. 97, 332: oratorum eā aetate uberrimus erat, Tac. A. 3, 31 fin.—Hence, adv., used only in the comp. and sup.
1. Lit., more fruitfully, more fully, more copiously or plentifully: uberius nulli provenit ista seges, Ov. P. 4, 2, 12: flere uberius, Cic. Phil. 2, 31, 77: mores mali quasi herba irrigua succreverunt uberrime, most luxuriantly, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 9.—
2. Trop., of style, etc., copiously, fully, Quint. 10, 3, 2: haec cum uberius disputantur et fusius, Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20: loqui (with planius), id. Fam. 3, 11, 1: dicere (with latius), Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 11: explicare (with latius), Suet. Rhet. 1: locus uberrime tractatus, Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *ouðer, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”) (r/n-stem, with r made common to all cases). Cognates include Vedic Sanskrit ऊधर् (ū́dhar), Ancient Greek οὖθαρ (oûthar), Old English ūder, and modern English udder.

adverb
ūber3
ūber (comparative ūberius, superlative ūberrimē)
Classical[ˈuː.bɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈuː.ber]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. fruitfully, copiously, plentifully
  2. fully, copiously

Origins

From Proto-Italic *ouðer, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”) (r/n-stem, with r made common to all cases). Cognates include Vedic Sanskrit ऊधर् (ū́dhar), Ancient Greek οὖθαρ (oûthar), Old English ūder, and modern English udder.

Descendants
  • Catalanubèrrim
  • Catalanuberós
  • Italianubere
  • Italianuberrimo
  • Italianubertoso
  • Englishuberous

Quick answers

What does ūber mean in Latin?
ūber, a noun, means “a teat, pap, dug, udder, a lactating breast; richness, fruitfulness”.
What is the genitive of ūber?
The genitive singular is ūberis. ūber is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce ūber?
In classical Latin, [ˈuː.bɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈuː.ber].