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combibo
combibo
Latin
Alternative forms
Verb
combibō (present infinitive combibere, perfect active combibī, supine combibitum); third conjugation
- (intransitive, rare) I drink with any one as a companion
- (transitive, post-Augustan) I drink completely up, I absorb or imbibe
- (literally) of fluids, by drinking
- (figuratively) of fluids, absorbed other than by drinking
- (transferred sense) of substances other than fluids
- (figuratively) I absorb (teachings), I become imbued with (habits), I become convinced of (a belief), etc.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- combibiolus
- combibiōsus (Mediaeval Latin)
- combibium (New Latin)
- combibō²
References
- combĭbo¹ in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “1 combĭbo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 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)”
- 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.
- 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:
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “2 combĭbo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 347/2.
- “combibō²” on page 358/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)