sorbum

Latin

Etymology

From sorbus.

Noun

sorbum n (genitive sorbī); second declension

  1. sorb, fruit of the service tree

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative sorbum sorba
genitive sorbī sorbōrum
dative sorbō sorbīs
accusative sorbum sorba
ablative sorbō sorbīs
vocative sorbum sorba

Descendants

  • English: sorb
  • French: sorbe
  • Galician: sorba
  • Greek: σούρβο (soúrvo)
  • Old Occitan: sorba
  • Portuguese: sorva
  • Spanish: serba

References

  • “sorbum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sorbum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sorbum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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