uber

terra antiqua potens armis atque ubere glaebae
an ancient land powerful due to its arms and the fertility of its soil

ūber, eris, n.: a teat, an udder, 3.392; the breast, 5.285; breast, bosom, 3.95; (meton.), richness, fertility, fruitfulness, productiveness, 1.531.

ūber, eris: (adj.), fruitful, fertile, 3.106. (compar., ūberior; superl., ūberrimus), (ūber)

ūber, ĕris, n. [Gr. οὖθαρ; Sanscr. ūdhar; cf. O. H. Germ. uter; Engl. udder; cf. the letter B],

• a teat, pap, dug, udder, a breast that gives suck (mostly poet. and in post Aug. prose).
• • • • • α 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: vitulo ab ubere rapto, id. F. 4, 459: cum a nutricis ubere auferretur, Suet. Tib. 6.—
        • β 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.

ūber, ĕris (abl. uberi; 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 (637): 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 (911): onus, id. Ps. 1, 2, 64 (195); 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 (518).—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. 253: 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 (31).—
    • 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.

1. ūber, eris, n. (altind. ūdhar, griech. οὖθαρ, ahd. ūtar), I) das Euter, die Zite, die säugende Brust, Cic., Verg., Plin. u.a.; uber exserere (entblößen), Val. Max.: ubera dare, Ov.: ubera dare expositis fera (v. der Wölfin), Ov.: ubera praebere, Ov., od. admovere, Verg.: ubera ducere, saugen, Ov.: raptus ab ubere, entwöhnt, abgesetzt, Ov.: im Bilde, distenta musto ubera, Colum. 3, 21, 3: putria maturi solvantur ut ubera campi, Colum. poët. 10, 90. – Sprichw., ubi uber, ibi tuber, keine Rosen ohne Dornen, Apul. flor. 18. p. 29, 7 Kr. – II) übtr.: A) der traubenförmige Klumpen, den die schwärmenden Bienen bilden, wenn sie sich an einen Baum hängen, Pallad. 7, 7, 6. – B) meton.: a) die Fruchtbarkeit, Reichlichkeit, Fülle, sowohl des Bodens als der Gewächse, divitis agri, Verg.: fe tilis ubere ager, Verg.: uber agri, Tac.: vitem ubere suo gravatam levare, Colum. – b) poet., das fruchtbare Feld, der Acker selbst, Verg. georg. 2, 234 u. 275.

2. ūber, Genet. ūberis, c., an etw. ergiebig, reich, reichhaltig, fruchtbar, I) eig.: a) übh.: seges spicis uberibus, Cic.: solum, Curt.: ager, Lir.: agri laeti atque uberes, Cic.: laetae segetes et uberes agri, Hieron.: uber rivus, reichlich sich ergießend, Hor.: bellum, reiche Beute versprechender, beutereicher, Iustin. – uberior solito, wasserreicher (v. einem Flusse), Ov.: nec uberior illa aetas, üppiger im Wachstum, Ov.: agro culto nihil potest esse nec usu uberius nec specie ornatius, für den Nutzen ergiebiger u. für den Anblick reizender, Cic.: is quaestus nunc est uberrimus, am einträglichsten, Ter. – m. Abl., a bor niveis uberrima pomis, Ov. met. 4, 89: Sulmo gelidis uberrimus undis, Ov. trist. 4, 10, 3. – mit Genet., lactis uberes rivi, Hor. carm. 2, 19, 10: regio aeris ac plumbi uberrima, Iustin. 44, 3, 4. – m. Dat. Gerundiv., uberrimum gignendis uvis solum est, Curt. 6, 4 (13), 21. – neutr. pl. subst., uberrima, die fruchtbarsten Gegenden, Val. Flacc. 1, 511: mit Genet., Locrorum late vi idia et frugum ubera, Acc. tr. 49. – b) wohlgenährt, dick, eques, Masur. Sab. bei Gell. 4, 20, 11: so auch onus, stark, groß, Plaut. Pseud. 198. – c) reichlich, reichhaltig, in Fülle, feuges, Hor.: aquae, Ov.: guttae, Lucr.: fletus, Sen. poet.: congia ium uberius, Suet.: uberrimi laetissimique fructus, Cic. – d) inhaltreich, uberiores litterae, Cic. ad Att. 13, 50, 1: uberrimae litterae, Cic. ad Att. 4, 16, 13 (4, 16, 7); 9, 7, 1. – II) übtr.: materies tam copiosa et uber, Lact.: a quo censet eum uberem et fecundum (oratorem) fuisse, Cic.: motus animi, qui ad explicandum ornandumque sint uberes, Cic. – nullus feracior in ea (philosophia) locus est nec uberior quam de officiis, Cic.: quis uberior in dicendo Platone? Cic.: haec pleniora etiam atque uberiora Romam ad suos perscribebant, Caes.: tuas ingenio laudes uberiore canunt, Ov. – ingenia uberrima, Cic. u. Fronto: uberrimae artes, Cic.: oratorum eā aetate uberrimus erat, Tac.: doctrinae uberrimus ac plenissimus fons, Lact.: uberrima praemia victoriae, Curt. – m. Abl., illa uberrima supplicationibus triumphisque provincia, Cic. Pis. 97. – ➳ Abl. Sing. gew. uberī; Abl. ubere, Colum. 6, 27, 1. Sil. 3, 404.

1 uber [CL] 1 woman's breast (esp. as source of milk); b (fig. or in fig. context). c (~ra aquilonis) ‘breasts of the north’ (two mountains in the Caucasus, believed to be made of crystal). ~ra ‥ quod mulieris est membrum corporis Bede Cant. 1085C; ~ra, meolcebreost Ælf. Gl.; pupilla ‥ inter ipsa materna ~ra a seculi illecebra exemta Gosc. Edith 47; infans qui, etiam dum lac educere non curat ab ~re, papillam tamen ~eris lambit J. Godard Ep. 223; adjurat ‥ per sue matris lacrimas, per ~ra [ME: tittes] que suxit, per lac quod eum nutrivit AncrR 126; aruerunt ‥ ~ra sua et [Agatha] usum lactis per septem dies amisit ita quod liquore cervisie puerum utcunque sustentavit Canon. S. Osm. 39.  b c793 carissimo filiolo meo, quem et sero genui et cito dimisi, nec bene ablactatus raptus est ab ~ribus meis Alcuin Ep. 65; sancte Cantuariensis ecclesie, a cujus ~ribus coaluerat, archidiaconus J. Sal. Thom. 5; habet enim ~ra Jesus teste illa que viderat, que olfecerat, que suxerat, immo que potata fuerat ab ~ribus consolationis ejus J. Ford Serm. 17. 6 (cf. ib.: quia meliora sunt ~ra tua vino, fragrantia unguentis optimis); mansit ‥ ubi conversi morantur ‥ ut ipsos ‥ satiaret ab ~ribus consolationis sue Ad. Eyns. Hug. V 14 p. 166; quem nec verborum mollicies nec minarum asperitas ab hiis conceptuum sceleratissimorum ~ribus potuit ablactare G. Hen. V 1 p. 4.  c contra ~ra Aquilonis, circa pontum Euxinum Bacon Mor. Phil. 16 (v. aquilo b). 2 udder (of animal). ~re de, of stricele [gl.: ~re de gemino: minora enim pecora duas tantum mammas habent] GlP 155; ministrabat ei cotidianum ex ~ribus potum cerva domestica W. Malm. GP IV 184; vaccae distentis ~ribus W. Fitzst. Thom. prol. 11; ad taurum accurrit, et genitalia ejus tanquam vacce comprimebat ~ra (Fechinus 9) VSH II 79; hoc uber, A. a pap of a best WW. 3 soil rich in nourishing quality, soil as source of nourishment or abundance. interius ~re glebae satis admodum loeta Abbo Edm. 2; florentis in ubere / campi canora residet / nec invidet / Talia sororibus / nec sedibus / sororum P. Blois Carm. 1. 27. 4 nostril. similiter est de instrumento olfactus; nam oritur ex medio anterioris cerebri, et extenditur inter duas summitates ~rum prope cerebrum, et propinquius quam nervus visualis, quia maxime necessarium est animali ut per odorem confortetur cerebrum Bacon Persp. I 5. 3; nervus enim a cerebro veniens illa duo ~ra nasi subintrat et eis animalem spiritum administrat Bart. Angl. V 13.

2 uber [CL] 1 abundant: a (of produce, growth, or sim., also in fig. context); b (of liquid); c (of gift or sim.); d (of information or sim.); e (of abst. thing); f (of action). a negotiationis officiis ~rem fructum inpendens ei Bede HE II 8; ? 733 pro impertito opere pietatis ~rior fructus secundum invisibile postmodum tribuetur CS 149; agri proventu ~ri respondebant cultoribus W. Malm. GP I 18 p. 27; vineam plantavit ‥ ut ~rem fructum ex eadem colligere possit Ord. Vit. I 5 p. 5.  b ~rrimo sanguine Normannorum Ord. Vit. IV 7 p. 216; ~res lacrime cum ejulatu proruperunt Ib. IV 15 p. 267; rivus ‥ profluet in ~rrimum pelagus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 405.  c c775 pro impertito opere pietatis ~rior merces secundum invisibile postmodum tribuetur CS 260; pauperibus ‥ ~rem elemosinam ‥ largiri mos est Ord. Vit. VII 6 p. 176.  d non me sollicitat dicendi materia ~rior sed affectus in sanctum ‥ propensior W. Malm. GP V prol. p. 330.  e s625 Deo et beato Petro ‥ ~res merito gratias exsolvamus (Lit. Papae) Bede HE II 11 p. 106; pernoctans in vigiliis ‥ pura fide, ~rrimis orationibus, vidit visionem V. Cuthb. I 5; ne quando audiant vel percipiant terram mellifluam et ~rrimam mundi gloriam Bacon Maj. I 303; 1348 nos ‥ Willelmo graciam ~riorem facere volentes concessimus ‥ Willelmo singulis annis unam robam Reg. Kilmainham 129; 1595 de ~riori gracia nostra Pat 1431 m. 18.  f militibus sanctis de talibus ubere fletu / ingeminans gemitum conpunctus apostolus inquit Wulf. Brev. 471; 1219 ut ‥ ad ~res gratiarum actiones vobis assurgere debeamus Pat 209; quod si qua dignus venia / foret te passo talia / fletum proferret uberem J. Howd. Cyth. 70. 12. 2 that produces or yields in abundance: a (of land, plant, or sim.); b (of source of liquid); c (of provision); d (of abstr., in quot. ability); e (of action, in quot. weeping). f (w. gen. or abl.) that abounds in. a vineam in loco ~ri plantavit Bede Apoc. 176C; olivam ~rem, pulcram, fructiferam Gosc. Edith 59; deliciis plenus, locus uber, letus, amenus / uber ager gratis sat confert fertilitatis Greg. Eli. Æthelwold VI 3; terra illa ~rrima in frugibus, in fructibus, in lacte, in oleo, in melle fecundissima Eul. Hist. II 24; venimus ad portus, ubera terra, tuos Gower VC VII 1346.  b cum ~rimo lacrimarum fonte Gir. IK II 5.  c peregrini ‥ post inediam ~rem alimoniam ex institutione principali reperiebant Ord. Vit. VIII 8 p. 313; 1328 percipienti per annum decem marcas, quousque sibi de ~riori promocione fuerit provisum ExchScot 114.  d ~rrimam [gl.: habundantem, þa genihtsumestan] ‥ verborum facundiam ‥ admirarer Aldh. VirgP 2.  e ~rrima a plebe lacrimarum effusione Found. Waltham 6.  f erupit unda bullis ~rrima fugacibus W. Malm. GP IV 181 p. 320; locus ‥ fluvio piscium ~rrimo qui Legia dicitur ornatus Found. Waltham 10. 3 that abounds in possibilities or opportunities, rich. ~rior dimicandi occasio Christianis succrevit Ord. Vit. IX 9 p. 540.

1 ūbĕr, (10) ĕris (οὖθαρ), adj., ¶ 1 abondant, plein, bien nourri : spicæ uberes Cic. Fin. 5, 91, épis bien nourris ; uberrimi fructus Cic. Nat. 2, 156, fruits très abondants, cf. Pl. Rud. 637 ; Hor. O. 4, 15, 5 ; aqua uber Cic. Q. 3, 1, 3, eau abondante, cf. Lucr. 1, 349 ; 6, 290 ; Hor. O. 2, 19, 10 || fécond, riche : agri uberrimi maximeque fertiles Cic. Div. 1, 94, terres très riches et très fertiles ; Umbria terris fertilis uberibus Prop. 1, 22, 10, lʼOmbrie fertile par la richesse de son sol ; uberrimum gignendis uvis solum Curt. 6, 4, 21, sol très bon pour la production du raisin ; uberrimus undis Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 3, où les eaux abondent ; regio plumbi uberrima Just. 44, 3, 4, région qui abonde en plomb, cf. Acc. Tr. 49 ; Hor. O. 2, 19, 10 || agro bene culto nihil potest esse usu uberius Cic. CM 57, rien ne peut être dʼun meilleur rapport quʼun champ bien cultivé ¶ 2 [fig., en parl. dʼun écrivain, dʼun orateur] uber et fecundus Cic. Or. 15, riche et fécond, cf. Cic. Br. 121 || nullus feracior locus est nec uberior quam de officiis Cic. Off. 3, 5, il nʼy a pas [en philosophie] de question plus féconde ni plus riche que celle des devoirs ; motus animi, qui ad explicandum ornandumque sint uberes Cic. de Or. 1, 113, une activité de lʼesprit qui puisse fournir avec abondance les développements et les beautés du style ; uberiores litteræ Cic. Att. 13, 50, 1, lettre plus abondante, plus longue.

➳ abl. uberi, mais ubere Col. Rust. 6, 27, 1.

2 ūbĕr, (10) ĕris, n. (οὖθαρ), ¶ 1 mamelle, sein, pis : Lucr. 1, 887 ; Virg. B. 3, 30 ; Ov. M. 13, 826 ; F. 4, 459 ; Suet. Tib. 6 || pl. ubera : Cic. Rep. 2, 4 ; Lucr. 5, 885 ; Virg. G. 2, 524, etc. || [fig.] Col. Rust. 3, 21, 3 ¶ 2 [fig.] richesse, fécondité : fertilis ubere campus Virg. G. 2, 185, champ fertile par la richesse du sol, cf. Virg. En. 1, 531 ; En. 7, 262 ; non segnior ubere Bacchus Virg. G. 2, 275, Bacchus (est) aussi actif à faire produire ; pecori et vitibus almis aptius uber erit Virg. G. 2, 234, la fécondité du sol sera plus appropriée aux pâturages et à la vigne.

uber , eris. n.
嬭頭。乳房。地肥腴。— distentum 滿嬭之嬭頭。Inhiare uberibus (dat.) 開口望哺妳。

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uber , eris. adj. c. s.
可結實。豐盛。粗者。Nemo uberior ad dicendum fuit 無可比其暢論。

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ūber (1) eris, n

• cf. οὖθαρ; Engl. udder, a teat, pap, dug, udder, breast: alit ubere fetūs, V.: distentum, O.: uberibus lupinis inhians: siccare ovis ubera, V.: Equina, H.: sua quemque mater uberibus alit, Ta.—Richness, fruitfulness, fertility: fertilis ubere campus, V.—A fruitful field, fertile soil: in denso non segnior ubere Bacchus, V.: vitibus almis Aptius, V.

ūber (2) eris, adj.with comp.ūberior and sup.ūberrimus

• cf. 1 uber, abounding, rich, full, fruitful, fertile, abundant, plentiful, copious, productive: spicae: Fruges, H.: in uberi agro, L.: aquae, O.: agro bene culto nihil potest esse usu uberius: neque aetas Ulla uberior (aestate), O.: uberrima pars Siciliae: arbor uberrima pomis, O.: (Sulmo) gelidis uberrimus undis, O.—Fig., rich, abounding, fruitful, productive: spe uberiore commoveri: ingenia uberrima: uberrima triumphis provincia, full of.—Of style and composition, full, rich, copious, suggestive, fruitful: orator: quid uberius cuiquam quam mihi et pro me et contra Antonium dicere?: uberior in dicendo: uberiores litterae: haec uberiora ad suos perscribebant, Cs.