sorbeo

Latin

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *sorβeō, from earlier *sorβejō, from Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti, iterative verb from *srebʰ- (to sip).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    sorbeō (present infinitive sorbēre, perfect active sorbuī, supine sorbitum); second conjugation

    1. to suck in, drink up

    Conjugation

    • The perfect form may be sorbuī or sorpsī.
    • The supine form may be sorbitum or sorptum.

    Derived terms

    • sorbitiuncula

    Descendants

    • Asturian: sorber
    • Galician: sorber
    • Portuguese: sorver
    • Romansch: süerver
    • Spanish: sorber
    • English: sorb

    Reflexes of an assumed variant *sorbīre:

    References

    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.