absorbeo

Latin

Alternative forms

apsorbeō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈsor.be.oː/, [äpˈs̠ɔrbeoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈsor.be.o/, [äbˈsɔrbeo]

Verb

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

Conjugation

The third principal part may be absorbuī or absorpsī.

Conjugation of absorbeō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	absorbeō	absorbēs		absorbet	absorbēmus	absorbētis		absorbent
	imperfect	absorbēbam	absorbēbās		absorbēbat	absorbēbāmus	absorbēbātis		absorbēbant
	future	absorbēbō	absorbēbis		absorbēbit	absorbēbimus	absorbēbitis		absorbēbunt
	perfect	absorbuī	absorbuistī		absorbuit	absorbuimus	absorbuistis		absorbuēre, absorbuērunt
	pluperfect	absorbueram	absorbuerās		absorbuerat	absorbuerāmus	absorbuerātis		absorbuerant
	future perfect	absorbuerō	absorbueris		absorbuerit	absorbuerimus	absorbueritis		absorbuerint
passive	present	absorbeor	absorbēre, absorbēris		absorbētur	absorbēmur	absorbēminī		absorbentur
	imperfect	absorbēbar	absorbēbāre, absorbēbāris		absorbēbātur	absorbēbāmur	absorbēbāminī		absorbēbantur
	future	absorbēbor	absorbēbere, absorbēberis		absorbēbitur	absorbēbimur	absorbēbiminī		absorbēbuntur
	perfect	absorptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	absorptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	absorptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	absorbeam	absorbeās		absorbeat	absorbeāmus	absorbeātis		absorbeant
	imperfect	absorbērem	absorbērēs		absorbēret	absorbērēmus	absorbērētis		absorbērent
	perfect	absorbuerim	absorbuerīs		absorbuerit	absorbuerīmus	absorbuerītis		absorbuerint
	pluperfect	absorbuissem	absorbuissēs		absorbuisset	absorbuissēmus	absorbuissētis		absorbuissent
passive	present	absorbear	absorbeāre, absorbeāris		absorbeātur	absorbeāmur	absorbeāminī		absorbeantur
	imperfect	absorbērer	absorbērēre, absorbērēris		absorbērētur	absorbērēmur	absorbērēminī		absorbērentur
	perfect	absorptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	absorptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	absorbē		—	—	absorbēte		—
active	future	—	absorbētō		absorbētō	—	absorbētōte		absorbentō
passive	present	—	absorbēre		—	—	absorbēminī		—
passive	future	—	absorbētor		absorbētor	—	—		absorbentor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		absorbēre		absorbērī		absorbēns		—
future		absorptūrum esse		absorptum īrī		absorptūrus		absorbendus
perfect		absorbuisse		absorptum esse		—		absorptus
future perfect		—		absorptum fore		—		—
perfect potential		absorptūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		absorbendī	absorbendō		absorbendum	absorbendō	absorptum		absorptū

Derived terms

absorptiō

Related terms

Descendants

→ Albanian: absorboj
→ Catalan: absorbir
→ German: absorbieren
→ Galician: absorber
→ Italian: assorbire
→ Norwegian Bokmål: absorbere
→ Old French: assorbir
- Middle French: absorber
  - French: absorber
  - → Dutch: absorberen
  - → English: absorb
→ Portuguese: absorver
→ Romanian: absorbi
→ Russian: абсорбировать (absorbirovatʹ)
→ Sicilian: assòrbiri
→ Spanish: absorber
→ Swedish: absorbera

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.