sorbeo
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From Proto-Italic *sorβeō, from earlier *sorβejō, from Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti, iterative verb from *srebʰ- (“to sip”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɔr.be.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɔr.be.o]
Verb
sorbeō (present infinitive sorbēre, perfect active sorbuī, supine sorbitum); second conjugation
Conjugation
- The perfect form may be sorbuī or sorpsī.
- The supine form may be sorbitum or sorptum.
Conjugation of sorbeō (second conjugation)
Derived terms
Related terms
- sorbitiuncula
Descendants
- Asturian: sorber
- Galician: sorber
- Portuguese: sorver
- Romansch: süerver
- Spanish: sorber
- → English: sorb
Reflexes of an assumed variant *sorbīre:
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sŏrbēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 12: Sk–š, page 105
Further reading
- “sorbeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sorbeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sorbeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.