imbibo Latin · revision 35950

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la bibō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɪm.bɪ.boː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈim.bi.bo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''imbibō''' (present infinitive imbibere, perfect active imbibī); third conjugation, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''inbibō''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|bibō|t2=to drink]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|bibō]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*pibe/o-]] and to the reduplicated present [[ine-pro|*pi-ph3-e/o-|t=to drink]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest use is figurative: Cicero, in the first speech against Verres, speaks of a man who had conceived a bad opinion in his mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The figurative use, “to take into one's mind, conceive” an opinion or attitude, is classical;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Livy uses it of a resolve formed at the start of a consulship and of the spirit of resistance that filled men's minds.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010) The literal “drink in, absorb” is post-Augustan and rare: Gratius has it, and Pliny the Elder of smoke inhaled through a funnel.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Gellius uses it of absorbing a false opinion, and Ausonius of taking in a father's arts.^(Georges 1913)

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+ Ecclesiastical writers used it for drinking in or imbibing.^(Stelten 1995) The TLL lists [[it|imbevere]] as a descendant.^(TLL) English borrowed it in the late 14th century, from Old French and directly from Latin, as ''imbibe''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of conceiving an opinion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a resolve formed in the mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of inhaling smoke.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of absorbing a false opinion.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English borrows it as ''imbibe''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To drink in, [[m|en|absorb]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To take into one's mind, [[m|en|imbibe]] (opinions, attitudes); to [[m|en|conceive]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # To resolve, make up one's mind to (a purpose).^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[coimbibo]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|imbibe]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}