bibulus

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Latin

Etymology

From bibō (“drink”) +‎ -ulus, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti, from the root *peh₃- (“drink”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bibulus (feminine bibula, neuter bibulum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Fond of drinking; drinking readily or freely; frequently thirsty; bibulous.
  2. (of inanimate things) That sucks in or absorbs; absorbent, porous, bibulous.
  3. (figuratively) Ready to hear; thirsty to listen; listening.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative bibulus bibula bibulum bibulī bibulae bibula
Genitive bibulī bibulae bibulī bibulōrum bibulārum bibulōrum
Dative bibulō bibulō bibulīs
Accusative bibulum bibulam bibulum bibulōs bibulās bibula
Ablative bibulō bibulā bibulō bibulīs
Vocative bibule bibula bibulum bibulī bibulae bibula

Descendants

  • English: bibulous
  • Italian: bibulo

References

  • “bibulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “bibulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bibulus 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)
  • bibulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • bibulus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 822
  • “bibulus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “bibulus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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