LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

adbibō

adbibō (present infinitive adbibere, perfect active adbibī, supine adbibitum)
Classical[ˈad.bɪ.boː]Ecclesiastical[ˈad.bi.bo]

Meaning

  1. to drink
  2. figurativelyto drink in, listen to

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.adbibōadbibēbamadbibamadbibīadbiberamadbiberō
2nd sg.adbibisadbibēbāsadbibēsadbibistīadbiberāsadbiberis
3rd sg.adbibitadbibēbatadbibetadbibitadbiberatadbiberit
1st pl.adbibimusadbibēbāmusadbibēmusadbibimusadbiberāmusadbiberimus
2nd pl.adbibitisadbibēbātisadbibētisadbibistisadbiberātisadbiberitis
3rd pl.adbibuntadbibēbantadbibentadbibērunt
adbibēre
adbiberantadbiberint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.adbibamadbiberemadbiberimadbibissem
2nd sg.adbibāsadbiberēsadbiberīsadbibissēs
3rd sg.adbibatadbiberetadbiberitadbibisset
1st pl.adbibāmusadbiberēmusadbiberīmusadbibissēmus
2nd pl.adbibātisadbiberētisadbiberītisadbibissētis
3rd pl.adbibantadbiberentadbiberintadbibissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.adbiboradbibēbaradbibar
2nd sg.adbiberis
adbibere
adbibēbāris
adbibēbāre
adbibēris
adbibēre
3rd sg.adbibituradbibēbāturadbibētur
1st pl.adbibimuradbibēbāmuradbibēmur
2nd pl.adbibiminīadbibēbāminīadbibēminī
3rd pl.adbibunturadbibēbanturadbibentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.adbibaradbiberer
2nd sg.adbibāris
adbibāre
adbiberēris
adbiberēre
3rd sg.adbibāturadbiberētur
1st pl.adbibāmuradbiberēmur
2nd pl.adbibāminīadbiberēminī
3rd pl.adbibanturadbiberentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.adbibeadbibere
pres. 2nd pl.adbibiteadbibiminī
fut. 2nd sg.adbibitōadbibitor
fut. 3rd sg.adbibitōadbibitor
fut. 2nd pl.adbibitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.adbibuntōadbibuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveadbibereadbibī
perfect infinitiveadbibisseadbibitum esse
future infinitiveadbibitūrum esseadbibitum īrī
present participleadbibēns—
perfect participle—adbibitus
adbibita, adbibitā, adbibitae, adbibitam, adbibitārum, adbibitās, adbibitī, adbibitōrum, adbibitōs
future participleadbibitūrus
adbibitūra, adbibitūrā, adbibitūrae, adbibitūram, adbibitūrārum, adbibitūrās, adbibitūre, adbibitūrī, adbibitūrīs, adbibitūrō, adbibitūrōrum, adbibitūrōs, adbibitūrum
adbibendus
adbibundus, adbibenda, adbibendā, adbibendae, adbibendam, adbibendārum, adbibendās, adbibende, adbibendīs, adbibendōrum, adbibendōs
gerundadbibendī, adbibendō, adbibendumsupineadbibitum, adbibitū

ad-bĭbo, bĭbi, bĭbĭtum, 3, v. a. ad, intens.,
I. to drink (not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: quando adbibero, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 58; so Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 8; Gell. 2, 22.—
II. Trop., of discourse, to drink in, Plaut. Mil. Gl. 3, 3, 10 (cf. devorare dicta, id. As. 3, 3, 59, and Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 14; Sid. Carm. 16, 126).—Hence of instruction, to drink in eagerly, to listen to attentively: nunc adbibe puro Pectore verba, puer, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 67.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinadbibō

Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti Proto-Italic *pibō Latin bibō Latin adbibō From ad- (“to, towards”) + bibō (“drink”).

Quick answers

What does adbibō mean in Latin?
adbibō, a verb, means “to drink; to drink in, listen to”.
What are the principal parts of adbibō?
adbibō, adbibere, adbibī, adbibitum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce adbibō?
In classical Latin, [ˈad.bɪ.boː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈad.bi.bo].
Where does adbibō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin adbibō.