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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *sorβeō, from earlier *sorβejō, from Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti, iterative verb from *srebʰ- (“to sip”).
Pronunciation
Verb
sorbeō (present infinitive sorbēre, perfect active sorbuī, supine sorbitum); second conjugation
- to suck in, drink up
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
Reflexes of an assumed variant *sorbīre:
- Balkan Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Western Romance:
References
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.