bibio

See also: Bibio

Latin

Etymology

From bibō (“drink”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.bi.oː/, [ˈbɪbioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.bi.o/, [ˈbiːbio]

Noun

bibiō f (genitive bibiōnis); third declension

1. A small insect once believed to have been generated in wine.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	bibiō	bibiōnēs
genitive	bibiōnis	bibiōnum
dative	bibiōnī	bibiōnibus
accusative	bibiōnem	bibiōnēs
ablative	bibiōne	bibiōnibus
vocative	bibiō	bibiōnēs

Related terms

• bibāx
• bibilis
• bibitor
• bibō

• bibōnius
• bibōsus
• bibulus

Descendants

• French: bibion

References

• “bibio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bibio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.