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sūber, ĕris, n.,

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

sŭbo, āre, v. n., to be in heat.

  1. I. Prop. of sows, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 181.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Of other animals, Lucr. 4, 1199; App. Mag. p. 298, 22.
    2. B. Of women, Hor. Epod. 12, 11; Tert. Apol. 46; 14; Hier. ap. Jovin. 1, 38; 2, 36.

sub -sum, no

  1. I. perf., esse, v. n., to be under, among, or behind; to be near, close, or at hand (class.): ubi non subest, quo praecipitet ac decidat, there is nothing underneath, Cic. Rep. 1, 45, 69; Lucr. 3, 873; cf. id. 4, 1082: si quid intra cutem subest ulceris, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3: subucula subest tunicae, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96: nigra subest lingua palato, Verg. G. 3, 388: suberat Pan ilicis umbrae Tib. 2, 5, 27: cum sol Oceano subest, Hor. C. 4, 5, 40.
    1. B. To be near, to be at hand, of places and persons: mons suberat, Caes. B. G. 1, 25: montes, id. B. C. 1, 65: vallis, id. ib. 1, 79: planities, Liv. 27, 18: vicina taberna, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 24: templa mari, Ov. M. 11, 359; cf.: regnum Ariobarzanis illi, Sall. Ep. Mithrid. ad Arsac. med.: me subesse propinquis locis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 2.
      1. 2. Transf., of time, to be near or at hand, to approach: nox jam suberat, was near, Caes. B. C. 3, 97; so, hiems, id. B. G. 3, 27: dies comitiorum, Cic. Mil. 16, 42.
  2. II. Trop., to be underneath, be at the bottom, be or exist under, lie concealed in: in quā (legatione) periculi suspitio non subesset, Cic. Phil. 9, 2, 4: in quā re nulla subesset suspitio, id. Rosc. Am. 10, 28; and simply suspitio, id. Quint. 21, 66: eadem causa subest, id. Off. 1, 12, 38: causa aliqua, id. Fin. 5, 10, 29; cf.: si his vitiis ratio non subesset, id. N. D. 3, 28, 71: ratio, Auct. Her. 1, 17, 27; Quint. 9, 3, 6: si negabimus temere famam Naxi solere, quin subsit aliquid, Auct. Her. 2, 8, 12: si ulla spes salutis nostrae subesset, Cic. Att. 3, 25: nam illi regi amabili, Cyro, subest ad inmutandi animi licentiam crudelissimus ille Phalaris, id. Rep. 1, 28, 44; Quint. 3, 5, 9: saepe solent auro multa subesse mala, are hid under, exist under, Tib. 1, 9, 18: subest silentio facinus, Curt. 6, 9, 11 et saep.
    Poet.: notitiae suberit amica tuae, will be subject to your cognizance, Ov. A. A. 1, 398.