bibonius

Latin

Etymology

From bibō (“drink”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /biˈboː.ni.us/, [bɪˈboːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /biˈbo.ni.us/, [biˈbɔːnius]

Noun

bibōnius m (genitive bibōniī or bibōnī); second declension

1. A hard drinker or drunkard, tippler, bibber.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	bibōnius	bibōniī
genitive	bibōniī bibōnī1	bibōniōrum
dative	bibōniō	bibōniīs
accusative	bibōnium	bibōniōs
ablative	bibōniō	bibōniīs
vocative	bibōnie	bibōniī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• bibāx
• bibilis
• bibiō
• bibitor
• bibō
• bibōsus
• bibulus

References

• “bibonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bibonius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• bibonius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• bibonius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016