perbibo Latin · revision 34329

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *pi-ph₃-e/o-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perbibō''' (present infinitive perbibere, perfect active perbibī); third conjugation^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|bibō|t2=to drink]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) The simple verb goes back to [[itc-pro|*pibe/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*pi-ph₃-e/o-|t=to drink]]; de Vaan explains its initial ⟨b-⟩ as assimilated to the ⟨-b-⟩ inside the word.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xfa|pafo|t=I will drink]] and [[sa|पिबति|tr=píbati|t=drinks]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Plautus,^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) in the exaggeration ''perii, quoi medullas lassitudo perbibit'', “I'm done for, weariness has drunk up my marrow”.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cato uses it of things soaking up oil lees in the sun,^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Ovid of the earth drinking in tears,^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Columella of medicines, and Seneca of wool that will not take certain dyes.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Ovid also has a child drinking in its nurse's rage with dog's milk.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it means to take in with the mind: Seneca writes ''perbibisti nequitiam'', “you have drunk your fill of wickedness”, and of absorbing the liberal studies,^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Quintilian says a child will take in Latin even against our will,^(OLD 2012) and Lactantius that people's minds have drunk in the sap of folly.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) The TLL also cites it from medical writers and the ''Regula Magistri''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of weariness drinking up the marrow.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of things soaking something up.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of the earth drinking in tears.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of taking in wickedness and learning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of a child taking in a language.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–317 AD – Lactantius uses it of minds drinking in folly.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|drink]] deeply, drink up.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To [[m|en|imbibe]] with the mind or senses.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of things, to [[m|en|absorb]], soak up.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[bibō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}