verb transitive intransitive

com-bĭbo

2nd PP com-bĭbere · 3rd PP combĭbi · conj. 3rd

Neutr; to drink with any one as a companion •

Neutr., to drink with any one as a companion (very rare): aeque combibendi et convivandi peritissimus, Sen. Ep. 123, 15.—

to drink completely up; to absorb; to imbibe

Act., to drink completely up, to absorb, to imbibe (the most common signif., rare before the Aug. per., in Cic. only once trop.).

Prop.: combibunt guttura sucos, Ov. M. 13, 944; 7, 287: atrum venenum corpo re,… ••

Prop.: combibunt guttura sucos, Ov. M. 13, 944; 7, 287: atrum venenum corpo re, * Hor. C. 1, 37, 28: ore lacrimas alicujus, Ov. A. A. 2, 326: lacrimas meas, to repress, conceal, id. H. 11, 54, Sen. Ep. 49, 1. —Of the absorbing of the rays of the sun: cute soles, Mart. 10, 12, 7; cf. the foll.—

N. cr by extension ••

Transf. to inanimate objects: metreta amurcam, Cato, R. R. 100 Schneid. N. cr.: ara cruorem, Ov. M. 13, 410: testa oleum, Col. 12, 50, 17, p. 527 Bip.: uvae mustum, id. 12, 39, 1' caepa jus, id. 12, 10, 2: baca salem, id. 12, 47, 10, p. 519 Bip.: sic modo combibitur ingens Erasinus in arvis, is swallowed up, Ov. M. 15, 275.—Of the absorbing of the sun's rays: scrobes solem pluviasque, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 80; so, cupressus flammas, Stat. Th. 10, 675.—And poet. of imbibing, i. e. receiving spots (after perfundere): combibit os maculas, Ov. M. 5, 455.—

figuratively •

Trop.: artes, * Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9; so, illapsos per viscera luxus, Sil. 11, 402.

Perseus ID: n9231 Key: combibo1