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sorbeo

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to suck in, drink up

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Reflexes of an assumed variant *sorbīre:

References

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Further reading

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  • 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.