sorbeo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsor.be.oː/, [ˈs̠ɔrbeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsor.be.o/, [ˈsɔrbeo]

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.

Conjugation of sorbeō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sorbeō	sorbēs	sorbet	sorbēmus	sorbētis	sorbent
	imperfect	sorbēbam	sorbēbās	sorbēbat	sorbēbāmus	sorbēbātis	sorbēbant
	future	sorbēbō	sorbēbis	sorbēbit	sorbēbimus	sorbēbitis	sorbēbunt
	perfect	sorbuī	sorbuistī	sorbuit	sorbuimus	sorbuistis	sorbuērunt, sorbuēre
	pluperfect	sorbueram	sorbuerās	sorbuerat	sorbuerāmus	sorbuerātis	sorbuerant
	future perfect	sorbuerō	sorbueris	sorbuerit	sorbuerimus	sorbueritis	sorbuerint
passive	present	sorbeor	sorbēris, sorbēre	sorbētur	sorbēmur	sorbēminī	sorbentur
	imperfect	sorbēbar	sorbēbāris, sorbēbāre	sorbēbātur	sorbēbāmur	sorbēbāminī	sorbēbantur
	future	sorbēbor	sorbēberis, sorbēbere	sorbēbitur	sorbēbimur	sorbēbiminī	sorbēbuntur
	perfect	sorbitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sorbitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sorbitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sorbeam	sorbeās	sorbeat	sorbeāmus	sorbeātis	sorbeant
	imperfect	sorbērem	sorbērēs	sorbēret	sorbērēmus	sorbērētis	sorbērent
	perfect	sorbuerim	sorbuerīs	sorbuerit	sorbuerīmus	sorbuerītis	sorbuerint
	pluperfect	sorbuissem	sorbuissēs	sorbuisset	sorbuissēmus	sorbuissētis	sorbuissent
passive	present	sorbear	sorbeāris, sorbeāre	sorbeātur	sorbeāmur	sorbeāminī	sorbeantur
	imperfect	sorbērer	sorbērēris, sorbērēre	sorbērētur	sorbērēmur	sorbērēminī	sorbērentur
	perfect	sorbitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sorbitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sorbē	—	—	sorbēte	—
	future	—	sorbētō	sorbētō	—	sorbētōte	sorbentō
passive	present	—	sorbēre	—	—	sorbēminī	—
	future	—	sorbētor	sorbētor	—	—	sorbentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sorbēre	sorbuisse	sorbitūrum esse	sorbērī	sorbitum esse	sorbitum īrī
participles		sorbēns	—	sorbitūrus	—	sorbitus	sorbendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sorbendī	sorbendō	sorbendum	sorbendō	sorbitum	sorbitū

Derived terms

• absorbeō
• dēsorbeō
• exsorbeō
• obsorbeō
• persorbeō
• resorbeō
• sorbilis
• sorbillō
• sorbilō
• sorbitiō
• sorbitium

Related terms

• sorbitiuncula

Descendants

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

Reflexes of an assumed variant *sorbīre:

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: sorbu, surghiri
  • Romanian: sorbi
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: surbiri
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: sorbire
• Western Romance:
  • Catalan: sorbir
  • Old French: sorbir
    • Middle French: sorbir
  • Old Occitan: sorbir
    • Occitan: sorbir (Nice)
  • Venetan: sorbir

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sŏrbēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 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.