LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

absorbeō

absorbeō (present infinitive absorbēre, perfect active absorbuī or absorpsī, supine absorbitum or absorptum)
Classical[apˈsɔr.be.oː]Ecclesiastical[abˈsɔr.be.o]

Meaning

  1. to swallow down, devour
  2. to absorb, submerge
  3. figurativelyto absorb, engross

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.absorbeōabsorbēbamabsorbēbōabsorbuī
absorpsī		absorbueram
absorpseram		absorbuerō
absorpserō
2nd sg.absorbēsabsorbēbāsabsorbēbisabsorbuistī
absorpsistī		absorbuerās
absorpserās		absorbueris
absorpseris
3rd sg.absorbetabsorbēbatabsorbēbitabsorbuit
absorpsit		absorbuerat
absorpserat		absorbuerit
absorpserit
1st pl.absorbēmusabsorbēbāmusabsorbēbimusabsorbuimus
absorpsimus		absorbuerāmus
absorpserāmus		absorbuerimus
absorpserimus
2nd pl.absorbētisabsorbēbātisabsorbēbitisabsorbuistis
absorpsistis		absorbuerātis
absorpserātis		absorbueritis
absorpseritis
3rd pl.absorbentabsorbēbantabsorbēbuntabsorbuērunt
absorbuēre, absorpsērunt, absorpsēre		absorbuerant
absorpserant		absorbuerint
absorpserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.absorbeamabsorbēremabsorbuerim
absorpserim		absorbuissem
absorpsissem
2nd sg.absorbeāsabsorbērēsabsorbuerīs
absorpserīs		absorbuissēs
absorpsissēs
3rd sg.absorbeatabsorbēretabsorbuerit
absorpserit		absorbuisset
absorpsisset
1st pl.absorbeāmusabsorbērēmusabsorbuerīmus
absorpserīmus		absorbuissēmus
absorpsissēmus
2nd pl.absorbeātisabsorbērētisabsorbuerītis
absorpserītis		absorbuissētis
absorpsissētis
3rd pl.absorbeantabsorbērentabsorbuerint
absorpserint		absorbuissent
absorpsissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.absorbeorabsorbēbarabsorbēbor
2nd sg.absorbēris
absorbēre		absorbēbāris
absorbēbāre		absorbēberis
absorbēbere
3rd sg.absorbēturabsorbēbāturabsorbēbitur
1st pl.absorbēmurabsorbēbāmurabsorbēbimur
2nd pl.absorbēminīabsorbēbāminīabsorbēbiminī
3rd pl.absorbenturabsorbēbanturabsorbēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.absorbearabsorbērer
2nd sg.absorbeāris
absorbeāre		absorbērēris
absorbērēre
3rd sg.absorbeāturabsorbērētur
1st pl.absorbeāmurabsorbērēmur
2nd pl.absorbeāminīabsorbērēminī
3rd pl.absorbeanturabsorbērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.absorbēabsorbēre
pres. 2nd pl.absorbēteabsorbēminī
fut. 2nd sg.absorbētōabsorbētor
fut. 3rd sg.absorbētōabsorbētor
fut. 2nd pl.absorbētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.absorbentōabsorbentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveabsorbēreabsorbērī
perfect infinitiveabsorbuisse
absorpsisse		absorbitum esse
absorptum esse
future infinitiveabsorbitūrum esse
absorptūrum esse		absorbitum īrī
absorptum īrī
present participleabsorbēns
absorbente, absorbentem, absorbentēs, absorbentī, absorbentia, absorbentibus, absorbentis, absorbentīs, absorbentium		—
perfect participle—absorbitus
absorptus, absorbita, absorbitā, absorbitae, absorbitam, absorbitārum, absorbitās, absorbite, absorbitī, absorbitīs, absorbitō, absorbitōrum, absorbitōs, absorpta, absorptā, absorptae, absorptam, absorptārum, absorptās, absorpte, absorptī, absorptīs, absorptō, absorptōrum, absorptōs
future participleabsorbitūrus
absorptūrus, absorbitūra, absorbitūrā, absorbitūrae, absorbitūram, absorbitūrārum, absorbitūrās, absorbitūre, absorbitūrī, absorbitūrīs, absorbitūrō, absorbitūrōrum, absorbitūrōs, absorbitūrum, absorptūra, absorptūrā, absorptūrae, absorptūram, absorptūrārum, absorptūrās, absorptūre, absorptūrī, absorptūrīs, absorptūrō, absorptūrōrum, absorptūrōs, absorptūrum		absorbendus
absorbenda, absorbendā, absorbendae, absorbendam, absorbendārum, absorbendās, absorbende, absorbendīs, absorbendōrum, absorbendōs
gerundabsorbendī, absorbendō, absorbendumsupineabsorbitum, absorbitū

ab-sorbĕo, bui, rarely psi, ptum (absorbui, Plin. 9, 35, 58:
I. absorpsi, Luc. 4, 100; cf. Vel. Long. 2233 P.), 2, v. a., to swallow down any thing, to devour.
I. Lit.: unda legiones, Naev. B. Pun. 4, 16: oceanus vix videtur tot res tam cito absorbere potuisse, Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67: placentas, Hor. S. 2, 8, 24; so id. ib. 2, 3, 240 K. and H. (al. obsorbere and exsorbere): unionem, Plin. l. l. (Sill. ob-): res ad victum, to devour, Cic. Rep. 2, 5.—
II. Trop., to engross, absorb: hunc absorbuit aestus gloriae, Cic. Brut. 81; so id. Leg. 2, 4, 9: ipse ad sese jamdudum vocat, et quodam modo absorbet orationem meam, and, as it were, eats up my discourse (i. e. wishes it to treat of him only), id. Sest. 6, 13: ea (meretrix) acerrume aestuosa absorbet, devours (i. e. squanders one's property, the figure taken from the sea), Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 67.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Italic*ap
  4. Latinabsorbeō

Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō From ab- (“from, away from, out of”) + sorbeō (“to suck in, to drink down, to swallow up, to absorb”).

Descendants
  • Catalanabsorbir
  • Germanabsorbieren
  • Italianassorbire
  • Frenchabsorberfrom Old French assorbir
  • Englishabsorbfrom Old French assorbir
  • Portugueseabsorver
  • Romanianabsorbi
  • Spanishabsorber
  • Albanianabsorboj
  • Galicianabsorber

In English words that came into English from absorbeō

  • absorbabsorbeō
  • absorptionabsorptiō
  • absorbentabsorbēns
  • absorptabsorptus

Quick answers

What does absorbeō mean in Latin?
absorbeō, a verb, means “to swallow down, devour; to absorb, submerge; to absorb, engross”.
What are the principal parts of absorbeō?
absorbeō, absorbēre, absorbuī, absorbitum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce absorbeō?
In classical Latin, [apˈsɔr.be.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [abˈsɔr.be.o].
Where does absorbeō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep → Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó → Proto-Italic *ap → Latin absorbeō.
Which English words come from absorbeō?
English words that go back to Latin absorbeō include absorb, absorbent, absorpt and absorption.