combibo

Latin

FWOTD – 14 May 2015

Alternative forms

conbibō

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm.bɪ.boː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm.bi.bo]

Etymology 1

From con- (“with, together; completely”) +‎ bibō (“I drink”).

Verb

combibō (present infinitive combibere, perfect active combibī, supine combibitum); third conjugation

(intransitive, rare) to drink with any one as a companion
(transitive, post-Augustan) to drink completely up, to absorb or imbibe
1. (literally) of fluids, by drinking
2. (figuratively) of fluids, absorbed other than by drinking
3. (transferred sense) of substances other than fluids
4. (figuratively) to absorb (teachings), to become imbued with (habits), to become convinced of (a belief), etc.

Conjugation

Conjugation of combibō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	combibō	combibis		combibit	combibimus	combibitis		combibunt
	imperfect	combibēbam	combibēbās		combibēbat	combibēbāmus	combibēbātis		combibēbant
	future	combibam	combibēs		combibet	combibēmus	combibētis		combibent
	perfect	combibī	combibistī		combibit	combibimus	combibistis		combibērunt, combibēre
	pluperfect	combiberam	combiberās		combiberat	combiberāmus	combiberātis		combiberant
	future perfect	combiberō	combiberis		combiberit	combiberimus	combiberitis		combiberint
passive	present	combibor	combiberis, combibere		combibitur	combibimur	combibiminī		combibuntur
	imperfect	combibēbar	combibēbāris, combibēbāre		combibēbātur	combibēbāmur	combibēbāminī		combibēbantur
	future	combibar	combibēris, combibēre		combibētur	combibēmur	combibēminī		combibentur
	perfect	combibitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	combibitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	combibitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	combibam	combibās		combibat	combibāmus	combibātis		combibant
	imperfect	combiberem	combiberēs		combiberet	combiberēmus	combiberētis		combiberent
	perfect	combiberim	combiberīs		combiberit	combiberīmus	combiberītis		combiberint
	pluperfect	combibissem	combibissēs		combibisset	combibissēmus	combibissētis		combibissent
passive	present	combibar	combibāris, combibāre		combibātur	combibāmur	combibāminī		combibantur
	imperfect	combiberer	combiberēris, combiberēre		combiberētur	combiberēmur	combiberēminī		combiberentur
	perfect	combibitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	combibitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	combibe		—	—	combibite		—
active	future	—	combibitō		combibitō	—	combibitōte		combibuntō
passive	present	—	combibere		—	—	combibiminī		—
passive	future	—	combibitor		combibitor	—	—		combibuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		combibere		combibī		combibēns		—
future		combibitūrum esse		combibitum īrī		combibitūrus		combibendus, combibundus
perfect		combibisse		combibitum esse		—		combibitus
future perfect		—		combibitum fore		—		—
perfect potential		combibitūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		combibendī	combibendō		combibendum	combibendō	combibitum		combibitū

Derived terms

combibiolus
combibiōsus (Mediaeval Latin)
combibium (New Latin)
combibō²

Descendants

Italian: combevere, → combibere (both archaic)

References

“combĭbo¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
1 combĭbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “347”
“combibō¹” on page 358/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

From combibō (“I drink with any one”) +‎ -ō.

Noun

combibō m (genitive combibōnis); third declension

a companion in drinking, a fellow tippler, a pot-companion, a drinking buddy
- 50 BC, M. Tullius Cicero (aut.), L.C. Purser (ed.), “Scr. Laudiceae post iii Id. Febi; a. 704 (50). CICERO IMR PAETO.” in Epistulae ad Familiares (1952), bk IX, ep. xxv, § 2:
  Cum M. Fadio, quod scire te arbitror, mihi summus usus est valdeque eum diligo cum propter summam probitatem eius ac singularem modestiam, tum quod in iis controversiis, quas habeo cum tuis combibonibus Epicuriis, optima opera eius uti soleo.
  With M. Fadius, as I think you know, I am very intimate, and I am much attached to him, as well from his extreme honesty and singular modesty of behaviour, as from the fact that I am accustomed to find him of the greatest help in the controversies which I have with your fellow tipplers the Epicureans. ― tr. from: E.S. Shuckburgh, The Letters of Cicero (1889–1900), vol. II, ep. ccxlv (F IX, 25): “To L. Papinius Peatus (at Rome); Laodicea (February)”

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	combibō	combibōnēs
genitive	combibōnis	combibōnum
dative	combibōnī	combibōnibus
accusative	combibōnem	combibōnēs
ablative	combibōne	combibōnibus
vocative	combibō	combibōnēs

Synonyms

(drinking buddy): combibiolus, compōtātor (Late Latin), compōtor

References

“combĭbo²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“combibo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
2 combĭbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “347/2”
“combibō²” on page 358/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)