cibo

See also: cibò

Italian

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Latin cibus.

Noun

cibo m (plural cibi)

1. food

Descendants

• Sicilian: cibu

Etymology 2

Verb

cibo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cibare

Related terms

Related terms

• cibaria

• cibario

• ciborio

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈki.boː/

Etymology 1

From cibus (“food”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

cibō (present infinitive cibāre, perfect active cibāvī, supine cibātum); first conjugation

1. I feed, give food to animals
2. (in passive) I take food.
3. (Late Latin) I give a person to animals as food.

Inflection

Conjugation of cibo (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cibō	cibās	cibat	cibāmus	cibātis	cibant
	imperfect	cibābam	cibābās	cibābat	cibābāmus	cibābātis	cibābant
	future	cibābō	cibābis	cibābit	cibābimus	cibābitis	cibābunt
	perfect	cibāvī	cibāvistī	cibāvit	cibāvimus	cibāvistis	cibāvērunt, cibāvēre
	pluperfect	cibāveram	cibāverās	cibāverat	cibāverāmus	cibāverātis	cibāverant
	future perfect	cibāverō	cibāveris	cibāverit	cibāverimus	cibāveritis	cibāverint
passive	present	cibor	cibāris, cibāre	cibātur	cibāmur	cibāminī	cibantur
	imperfect	cibābar	cibābāris, cibābāre	cibābātur	cibābāmur	cibābāminī	cibābantur
	future	cibābor	cibāberis, cibābere	cibābitur	cibābimur	cibābiminī	cibābuntur
	perfect	cibātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cibātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cibātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cibem	cibēs	cibet	cibēmus	cibētis	cibent
	imperfect	cibārem	cibārēs	cibāret	cibārēmus	cibārētis	cibārent
	perfect	cibāverim	cibāverīs	cibāverit	cibāverīmus	cibāverītis	cibāverint
	pluperfect	cibāvissem	cibāvissēs	cibāvisset	cibāvissēmus	cibāvissētis	cibāvissent
passive	present	ciber	cibēris, cibēre	cibētur	cibēmur	cibēminī	cibentur
	imperfect	cibārer	cibārēris, cibārēre	cibārētur	cibārēmur	cibārēminī	cibārentur
	perfect	cibātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cibātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cibā	—	—	cibāte	—
	future	—	cibātō	cibātō	—	cibātōte	cibantō
passive	present	—	cibāre	—	—	cibāminī	—
	future	—	cibātor	cibātor	—	—	cibantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cibāre	cibāvisse	cibātūrus esse	cibārī	cibātus esse	cibātum īrī
participles		cibāns	—	cibātūrus	—	cibātus	cibandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		cibāre	cibandī	cibandō	cibandum	cibātum	cibātū

Related terms

Related terms

• cibāria
• cibārius
• cibātus

• cibicīda
• cibisis

• cibōrium
• cibus

Descendants

• Italian: cibare
• Portuguese: cevar
• Spanish: cebar

Etymology 2

Noun

cibō m

1. dative singular of cibus
2. ablative singular of cibus

References

• cibo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cibo” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to allay one's hunger, thirst: famem sitimque depellere cibo et potione
    
  • (ambiguous) to refresh oneself, minister to one's bodily wants: corpus curare (cibo, vino, somno)
    
  • (ambiguous) to abstain from all nourishment: cibo se abstinere