fiber

fĭber, fibri[ī], m., = castor, late Lat. beber [whence Germ. Biber; Eng. beaver],

• a beaver, Pontici, Plin. 8, 30, 47, § 109; 32, 3, 13, § 28; Plaut. Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 90 Müll.; Sil. 15, 490; Varr. L. L. 5, § 79 Müll.
• • • 2 ‡ fiber, extremus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 79 Müll.

fiber, brī, m. (nach Varro LL. 5, 79 urspr. fiber = extremus, spätlat. beber, w. s.) = κάστωρ (vgl. castor), der Biber, Plaut. fr. bei Paul. ex Fest. 90, 3. Plin. 8, 109 u.a. Solin. 13, 2. Phaedr. 6 (App.), 28, 1. Serv Verg. georg. 1, 58. Isid. 19, 27, 4: pellis fibri, Col. arb. 15: cutis mollior fibris, Sen. de ben. 2, 29, 1.

fiber [CL] , beaver. b otter. c badger. 751 ~ri atque lepores et equi silvatici ‥ vitandi (Lit. Papae) Ep. Bonif. 87; ~er, bebr GlC F 157; ~er, castor, ponticus, befer Ælf. Gl. 140; dicuntur ‥ castores ~ri, qui pontici canes dicuntur Bart. Angl. XVIII 28; Garl. Syn. 1583A (v. bever); hic ~er, bievre Gl. AN Glasg. f. 21; a brokk, castor, beuer, feber, melote, taxus CathA; unde marterellorum, ‥ ~rorum atque similium ferarum tergora, quorum nobiliorum vestibus est usus ‥ secum deportant domum Boece f. 30.  b urula sit ex ‥ bevere [gl.: bever] sive ~ro [gl.: lutre, bever] Neckam Ut. 99; 1352 quilibet tenens ‥ inveniet prandium et potum venatori fimbrium Rec. Caern. 25 (cf. ib. p. 142: 1370 per chaceam de fynbryn clamant quandam firmam ‥ pro quodam officio vocato Oterhuntyng’); hic feber, a otere WW.  c CathA (v. a supra).

1 fiber, (16) bra, brum, arch., qui est à lʼextrémité : Varro L. 5, 79.

2 fĭbĕr, brī, m. , castor, bièvre [animal amphibie] : Plin. 8, 109.

fiber , bri. m.
水獺猫。

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fĭber, fibri, m.: castoro.