absorbeo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ab- +‎ sorbeō (suck in, drink down, swallow).

Pronunciation

Verb

absorbeō (present infinitive absorbēre, perfect active absorbuī, supine absorptum); second conjugation

  1. to swallow down, devour
  2. to absorb, submerge
  3. (figuratively) to absorb, engross

Conjugation

  • The third principal part may be absorbuī or absorpsī.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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