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1. tūber, ĕris, n. [from root tum, tumeo], a hump, bump, swelling, tumor, protuberance on animal bodies, whether natural or caused by disease.

  1. 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.
  2. II. Transf., of plants.
    1. A. A knob, hard excrescence on wood: tuber utrumque arboris ejus, Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68; 16, 43. 84, § 231; 25, 8, 54, § 95.
    2. 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.
    3. C. Tuber terrae.
      1. 1. Mole-hill, as a term of abuse, Petr. 58.
      2. 2. Another name for the cyclaminon, Plin. 25, 9, 67, § 115.

2. tŭber, ĕris, m. and f.

  1. I. Fem., a kind of apple-tree, Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103; Col. 11, 2, 11; Pall. Jan. 15, 20; id. Sept. 14, 1.
  2. II. Masc., the fruit of this tree, Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47; Mart. 13, 42, 1; 13, 43, 2; Suet. Dom. 16.

* tūbĕrans, antis, adj. [1. tuber], swelling out, swelling: sinus, App. M. 2, p. 121, 22.

* tūbĕrātus, a, um, adj. [1. tuber], covered with knobs or bosses = tuberosus: ocreae, Fest. s. v. ocrem, p. 181 Müll.

tūbercŭlum, i, n. dim. [1. tuber], a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle: in gingivis, Cels. 6, 13: in capite, id. 7, 6: fabae, an excrescence, Plin. 22, 22, 45, § 91; 11, 11, 12, § 29.

Tūbĕro, ōnis, m., a surname in the gens Aelia; e. g.

  1. I. Q. Aelius Tubero, a Stoic, an opponent of Tiberius Gracchus, Cic. brut. 31, 117; id. Lael. 11, 37; 27, 101; id. de Or. 3, 23, 87.
  2. II. L. Tubero, lieutenant of Q. Cicern in Asia, an historian, Caes. B. C. 1, 31; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10; Gell. 6, 3, 4.
  3. III. Q. Aelius Tubero, son of the preceding, a relative (according to some, the brother-in-law) of Cicero, and the accuser of Ligarius, Cic. Lig. 1, 1; 3, 9 al.; Quint. 11, 1, 80; Suet. Caes. 83.

tūbĕrōsus, a, um, adj. [tuber], full of humps, lumps, or protuberances (very rare): campus, Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 2: tuberosissima frons, Petr. 15.

Tūbertus, i, m., a Roman cognomen in the gens Postumius, Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 58; Ov. F. 6, 723; Liv. 4, 29.