cibo

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See also: cibò, cìbó, and cibɔ

Italian

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin cibus. Contrast Portuguese cevo and Spanish cebo (“bait”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.bo/
  • Audio (il cibo):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ibo
  • Hyphenation: cì‧bo

Noun

cibo m (plural cibi)

  1. food
Descendants
  • Sicilian: cibu

Etymology 2

Verb

cibo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cibare

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From cibus (“food”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

cibō (present infinitive cibāre, perfect active cibāvī, supine cibātum); first conjugation

  1. to give fodder to animals, to fatten, fodder
    1. (reflexive, figurative) to stuff oneself
  2. (Late Latin) to give food to people, to feed, nourish
    1. (reflexive) to take food
Conjugation
   Conjugation of cibō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cibō cibās cibat cibāmus cibātis cibant
imperfect cibābam cibābās cibābat cibābāmus cibābātis cibābant
future cibābō cibābis cibābit cibābimus cibābitis cibābunt
perfect cibāvī cibāvistī cibāvit cibāvimus cibāvistis cibāvērunt,
cibāvēre
pluperfect cibāveram cibāverās cibāverat cibāverāmus cibāverātis cibāverant
future perfect cibāverō cibāveris cibāverit cibāverimus cibāveritis cibāverint
passive present cibor cibāris,
cibāre 		cibātur cibāmur cibāminī cibantur
imperfect cibābar cibābāris,
cibābāre 		cibābātur cibābāmur cibābāminī cibābantur
future cibābor cibāberis,
cibābere 		cibābitur cibābimur cibābiminī cibābuntur
perfect cibātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cibātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cibātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cibem cibēs cibet cibēmus cibētis cibent
imperfect cibārem cibārēs cibāret cibārēmus cibārētis cibārent
perfect cibāverim cibāverīs cibāverit cibāverīmus cibāverītis cibāverint
pluperfect cibāvissem cibāvissēs cibāvisset cibāvissēmus cibāvissētis cibāvissent
passive present ciber cibēris,
cibēre 		cibētur cibēmur cibēminī cibentur
imperfect cibārer cibārēris,
cibārēre 		cibārētur cibārēmur cibārēminī cibārentur
perfect cibātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cibātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cibā — — cibāte —
future — cibātō cibātō — cibātōte cibantō
passive present — cibāre — — cibāminī —
future — cibātor cibātor — — cibantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cibāre cibāvisse cibātūrum esse cibārī cibātum esse cibātum īrī
participles cibāns — cibātūrus — cibātus cibandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cibandī cibandō cibandum cibandō cibātum cibātū
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cibō m

  1. dative/ablative singular of cibus

References

  • “cibo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cibo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to allay one's hunger, thirst: famem sitimque depellere cibo et potione
    • (ambiguous) to refresh oneself, minister to one's bodily wants: corpus curare (cibo, vino, somno)
    • (ambiguous) to abstain from all nourishment: cibo se abstinere

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cibus (“food”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ci‧bo

Noun

cibo m (plural cibos)

  1. (uncommon) food, especially for birds
    Synonyms: alimento, comida, cevo
  2. (dialectal, informal) small portion of anything
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