absorbeo

Latin

Alternative forms

• apsorbeō

Etymology

From ab- +‎ sorbeō (“suck in, drink down, swallow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈsor.be.oː/, [äpˈs̠ɔrbeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈsor.be.o/, [äbˈsɔrbeo]

Verb

absorbeō (present infinitive absorbēre, perfect active absorbuī, supine absorptum); second conjugation

1. to swallow down, devour
2. to absorb, submerge
3. (figuratively) to absorb, engross

Conjugation

• The third principal part may be absorbuī or absorpsī.

Conjugation of absorbeō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	absorbeō	absorbēs	absorbet	absorbēmus	absorbētis	absorbent
	imperfect	absorbēbam	absorbēbās	absorbēbat	absorbēbāmus	absorbēbātis	absorbēbant
	future	absorbēbō	absorbēbis	absorbēbit	absorbēbimus	absorbēbitis	absorbēbunt
	perfect	absorbuī	absorbuistī	absorbuit	absorbuimus	absorbuistis	absorbuērunt, absorbuēre
	pluperfect	absorbueram	absorbuerās	absorbuerat	absorbuerāmus	absorbuerātis	absorbuerant
	future perfect	absorbuerō	absorbueris	absorbuerit	absorbuerimus	absorbueritis	absorbuerint
passive	present	absorbeor	absorbēris, absorbēre	absorbētur	absorbēmur	absorbēminī	absorbentur
	imperfect	absorbēbar	absorbēbāris, absorbēbāre	absorbēbātur	absorbēbāmur	absorbēbāminī	absorbēbantur
	future	absorbēbor	absorbēberis, absorbēbere	absorbēbitur	absorbēbimur	absorbēbiminī	absorbēbuntur
	perfect	absorptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	absorptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	absorptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	absorbeam	absorbeās	absorbeat	absorbeāmus	absorbeātis	absorbeant
	imperfect	absorbērem	absorbērēs	absorbēret	absorbērēmus	absorbērētis	absorbērent
	perfect	absorbuerim	absorbuerīs	absorbuerit	absorbuerīmus	absorbuerītis	absorbuerint
	pluperfect	absorbuissem	absorbuissēs	absorbuisset	absorbuissēmus	absorbuissētis	absorbuissent
passive	present	absorbear	absorbeāris, absorbeāre	absorbeātur	absorbeāmur	absorbeāminī	absorbeantur
	imperfect	absorbērer	absorbērēris, absorbērēre	absorbērētur	absorbērēmur	absorbērēminī	absorbērentur
	perfect	absorptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	absorptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	absorbē	—	—	absorbēte	—
	future	—	absorbētō	absorbētō	—	absorbētōte	absorbentō
passive	present	—	absorbēre	—	—	absorbēminī	—
	future	—	absorbētor	absorbētor	—	—	absorbentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		absorbēre	absorbuisse	absorptūrum esse	absorbērī	absorptum esse	absorptum īrī
participles		absorbēns	—	absorptūrus	—	absorptus	absorbendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		absorbendī	absorbendō	absorbendum	absorbendō	absorptum	absorptū

Derived terms

• absorptiō

Related terms

• dēsorbeō
• exsorbeō
• obsorbeō
• persorbeō
• resorbeō
• sorbeō

Descendants

• → Albanian: absorboj
• → Catalan: absorbir
• → German: absorbieren
• → Galician: absorber
• → Italian: assorbire
• → Norwegian Bokmål: absorbere
• → Old French: assorbir
  • Middle French: absorber
    • French: absorber
    • → Dutch: absorberen
    • → English: absorb
• → Portuguese: absorver
• → Romanian: absorbi
• → Russian: абсорбировать (absorbirovatʹ)
• → Sicilian: assòrbiri
• → Spanish: absorber
• → Swedish: absorbera

References

• “absorbeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “absorbeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• absorbeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.