sorbum

Latin

Etymology

From sorbus.

Noun

sorbum n (genitive sorbī); second declension

1. sorb, fruit of the service tree

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	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.