bibulus Latin · revision 33740

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *pi-ph₃-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈbɪ.bʊ.ɫʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈbiː.bu.lus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''bibulus''' (feminine bibula, neuter bibulum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|bibō|-ulus|t1=to drink]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|bibō]] to [[itc-pro|*pibe/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*pi-ph₃-e/o-|t=to drink]], a reduplicated present; the initial ⟨b-⟩ is due to assimilation to the ⟨-b-⟩ inside the word.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|पिबति|tr=píbati|t=to drink]] and [[sga|ibid|t=to drink]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Lucretius,^(de Vaan 2008) whose sea feeds the thirsty sand, ''bibulam pavit aequor harenam''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of things it means absorbent or porous, the more frequent use according to Lewis & Short,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and in poetry also soaked or sprinkled with moisture, as a couch sprinkled with wine in the ''Copa''.^(OLD 2012) Of people it is fond of drinking: Horace has a man who drinks Falernian from midday.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Persius speaks of ears thirsty to hear.^(OLD 2012) As a cognomen it belonged to Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, Caesar's fellow consul in 59 BC.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) English [[m|en|bibulous]] meant “spongy, absorbent” in the 1670s and “fond of drink” by 1861.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, of sand that drinks up the sea.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace, of a man fond of Falernian wine.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 34–62 AD – Persius, of ears eager to listen.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1670s – English [[m|en|bibulous]], “absorbent”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Fond of [[m|en|drinking]], drinking readily.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of ears, eager to hear.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of things, [[m|en|absorbent]], [[m|en|porous]], spongy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(poetic)'' Soaked or sprinkled with moisture; of clouds, charged with rain.^(OLD 2012)

+ # As a [[m|en|cognomen]], Bibulus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[bibāx]]

+ * [[bibilis]]

+ * [[bibiō]]

+ * [[bibitor]]

+ * [[bibō]]

+ * [[bibōnius]]

+ * [[bibōsus]]

+ * [[ēbibō]]

+ * [[en|bibulous]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}