bibulus
See also: Bibulus
Latin
Etymology
From bibō (“drink”) + -ulus, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti, from the root *peh₃- (“drink”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbi.bu.lus/, [ˈbɪbʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbi.bu.lus/, [ˈbiːbulus]
Adjective
bibulus (feminine bibula, neuter bibulum); first/second-declension adjective
- Fond of drinking; drinking readily or freely; frequently thirsty; bibulous.
- (of inanimate things) That sucks in or absorbs; absorbent, porous, bibulous.
- (figuratively) Ready to hear; thirsty to listen; listening.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | bibulus | bibula | bibulum | bibulī | bibulae | bibula | |
Genitive | bibulī | bibulae | bibulī | bibulōrum | bibulārum | bibulōrum | |
Dative | bibulō | bibulō | bibulīs | ||||
Accusative | bibulum | bibulam | bibulum | bibulōs | bibulās | bibula | |
Ablative | bibulō | bibulā | bibulō | bibulīs | |||
Vocative | bibule | bibula | bibulum | bibulī | bibulae | bibula |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “bibulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “bibulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bibulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- bibulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- bibulus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 822
- “bibulus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “bibulus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₃-
- Latin terms suffixed with -ulus
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin adjectives
- Latin first and second declension adjectives