verbthird conjugation
bibō
bibō (present infinitive bibere, perfect active bibī, supine bibitum)
Classical[ˈbɪ.boː]Ecclesiastical[ˈbiː.bo]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to drink
ferte corōnātae iuvenum convīvia lintrēs,
You boats, having been decorated, ferry the parties of youths, and may they be drinking much wine through the middle [of the] waters! (People are crossing the Tiber River to attend the June festival of Fors Fortuna.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 6.779–780
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
pōtiōnem in ōs dūcō; aquam, vīnum, lac bibimus.bibō -ere — in Mille Verba, Cibus et Convīvium
pōtum sūmō, hauriōbibō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 16
drink
bibō -ere — in De Bello Gallico III
they drink
bibunt — in Seneca, ch. III
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Bibere · Potare
Bibere (reduplic. of bua) means to drink like a human being, πίνειν; whereas potare (from ποτός) to drink like a beast, and, metaphorically, to tipple, σπᾶν. Sen. Ep. 122. Inter nudos bibunt, imo potant. Plaut. Curc. i. 1, 88. Agite, bibite, festivæ fores, potate, fite mihi volentes propitiæ. (1. 149.)
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | bibō | bibēbam | bibam | bibī | biberam | biberō |
| 2nd sg. | bibis | bibēbās | bibēs | bibistī | biberās | biberis |
| 3rd sg. | bibit | bibēbat | bibet | bibit | biberat | biberit |
| 1st pl. | bibimus | bibēbāmus | bibēmus | bibimus | biberāmus | biberimus |
| 2nd pl. | bibitis | bibēbātis | bibētis | bibistis | biberātis | biberitis |
| 3rd pl. | bibunt | bibēbant | bibent | bibērunt bibēre | biberant | biberint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | bibam | biberem | biberim | bibissem |
| 2nd sg. | bibās | biberēs | biberīs | bibissēs |
| 3rd sg. | bibat | biberet | biberit | bibisset |
| 1st pl. | bibāmus | biberēmus | biberīmus | bibissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | bibātis | biberētis | biberītis | bibissētis |
| 3rd pl. | bibant | biberent | biberint | bibissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | bibor | bibēbar | bibar |
| 2nd sg. | biberis bibere | bibēbāris bibēbāre | bibēris bibēre |
| 3rd sg. | bibitur | bibēbātur | bibētur |
| 1st pl. | bibimur | bibēbāmur | bibēmur |
| 2nd pl. | bibiminī | bibēbāminī | bibēminī |
| 3rd pl. | bibuntur | bibēbantur | bibentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | bibar | biberer |
| 2nd sg. | bibāris bibāre | biberēris biberēre |
| 3rd sg. | bibātur | biberētur |
| 1st pl. | bibāmur | biberēmur |
| 2nd pl. | bibāminī | biberēminī |
| 3rd pl. | bibantur | biberentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | bibe | bibere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | bibite | bibiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | bibitō | bibitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | bibitō | bibitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | bibitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | bibuntō | bibuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | bibere | bibī |
| perfect infinitive | bibisse | bibitum esse |
| future infinitive | bibitūrum esse | bibitum īrī |
| present participle | bibēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | bibitus bibita, bibitā, bibitae, bibitam, bibitārum, bibitās, bibitī, bibitōrum, bibitōs |
| future participle | bibitūrus | bibendus bibundus, bibenda, bibendā, bibendae, bibendam, bibendārum, bibendās, bibende, bibendīs, bibendōrum, bibendōs |
gerundbibendī, bibendō, bibendumsupinebibitum, bibitū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- alicui bibere dare
- to give some one to drink.
- venenum sumere, bibere
- to take poison.
- alicui bibere ministrare
- to serve some one with drink.
bĭbo, bĭbi (post-class.
I. part. fut. bĭbĭtūrus, Hier. Isa. 8, 25, 8; Vulg. Matt. 20, 22; id. Act. 23, 12; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 1, 1; part. perf. bĭbĭtus, a, um, Cael. Aur. Chron. 4, 3, 60; Capitol. Ver. 5, 3; Aem. Mac. c. de Porro; Plin. Val. 2, 18; inf. apocop. biber, Cato, Titin., and Fannii Annal. ap. Charis. p. 99), 3, v. a. root bi; Gr. πι-, πίνω, πέπωκα; whence Lat. poto, as if from po; Sanscr. pī; Slav. piti; Lith. pota, to drink (usually from thirst, a natural want; poto, to drink from passion, habit, etc.; but poto is occasionally used of water, etc., e. g. Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179; cf.:
bibere naturae est, potare luxuriae, Isid. Diff. 1. 74; and the partt. potus and potatus are regularly used instead of the partt. of bibo). I. With acc.
1. Of the liquid drunk:
per aestatem boves aquam bonam et liquidam bibant semper curato, Cato, R. R. 73: jejunus heminam bibito, id. ib. 126: si voles vinum Choum bibere, licebit bibas, id. ib. 48: eapse merum condidicit bibere; foribus dat aquam quam bibant, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 4: vicit vinum quod bibi, Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 1: Darius in fugā cum aquam turbidam bibisset, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97: patrono malo suadebat ut mulsum frigidum biberet, id. de Or. 2, 70, 282: viveret, nisi illud (i. e. venenum) bibisset, Quint. 8, 5, 31: bibo aquam, id. 6, 3, 93: cur apud te vinum aetate tuā vetustius bibitur? Sen. Vit. Beat. 17, 2: nisi Hy. mettia mella Falerno Ne biberis diluta, Hor. S. 2, 2, 15: et Veientani bibitur faex crassa rubelli, Mart. 1, 103, 9: lac bibere, to suck, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 22; id. M. 9, 377; 9, 615.—Also nutricem bibere (i. e. lac de nutrice), App. M. 2, p. 115, 29.—Poet.; Caecubam... Tu bibes uvam (i. e. vinum), Hor. C. 1, 20, 10: in usu radix tantum duabus drachmis bibenda (i. e. sucus radicis), Plin. 25, 6, 30, § 67.—2. Pocula or cyathos bibere.
(a). Poet., = vinum (cf. πίνειν κρατῆρας):
tristia cum multo pocula felle bibat, Tib. 1, 5, 50: ipse bibebam Sobria suppositā pocula victor aquā, id. 1, 6, 28: plura pocula = plus vini, id. 1, 9, 59; so, nomismata and aera, id. 1, 26, 3.—(b). Of the number of cups drunk at a merry-making: vide quot cyathos bibimus: St. Tot quot digiti sunt tibi in manu, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24.—Esp. of the custom of drinking names, i. e. as many cups as there are letters in a name proposed; the number is frequently expressed by fractional parts of the as (uncia = a cyathus;
quincunx = 5 cyathi, etc.): quincunces et sex cyathos bessemque bibamus, Gaius ut fiat, Julius, et Proculus, Mart. 11, 36, 7: crebros ergo licet bibas trientes, id. 1, 106, 8: diluti bibis unciam Falerni, id. v. 3 (cf. with potare: sextantes et deunces, id. 12, 28).—Hence, nomen bibere, Julium, etc., bibere: ut jugulem curas, nomen utrumque bibam, Mart. 8, 57, 26: Laevia sex cyathis, septem Justina bibatur, Quinque Lycas, Lyde quattuor, Ida tribus, id. 1, 71, 1 sq.: Astyanacta bibes, id. 8, 6, 16.—3. Fluvium, undam, pruinas bibere (poet.).
(a). = aquam ex flumine bibere:
priusquam Pabula gustassent Trojae Xanthumque bibissent, Verg. A. 1, 473: jam crassus torrens bibitur tamen, Stat. Th. 4, 821: puram bibis amnibus undam, Claud. Laud. Herc. 74.—(b). Trop., to arrive at the region of the river:
non illum nostri possunt mutare labores, Nec si... Hebrumque bibamus Sithoniasque nives... subeamus (i. e. si Thraciam adeamus), Verg. E. 10, 65: ante... Aut Ararim Parthus bibet, aut Germania Tigrim Quam, etc., sooner will the Parthians come to Germany, or the Germans to the country of the Parthians, id. ib. 1, 63: turbaque Phasiacam Graia bibistis aquam, Ov. H. 12, 10.—Hence, (g). Qui flumen bibunt, = the inhabitants of the country through which the river passes:
qui Tiberim Fabarimque bibunt, Verg. A. 7, 715: qui profundum Danubium bibunt, Hor. C. 4, 15, 21: qui Nilum ex ipso protinus ore bibunt, Mart. 7, 88, 6: populosque bibentes Euphraten, Luc. 8, 213: qui te, Nile, bibit, Claud. Prob. et Olybr. 38.—So of an inland sea: caesamque bibens Maeotin Alanus, Claud. in Rufin. 1, 812.—Of a single person: extremum Tanaim si biberes, Lyce, Hor. C. 3, 10, 1.—Similarly, montium pruinas bibere, of the rivers fed by a mountain range: amniumque... quicunque Odrysias bibunt pruinas, Mart. 10, 7, 2: fluvios qui... Alpinasque bibunt de more pruinas, Claud. Prob. et Olybr. 255.—4. Bibere aquas, to be drowned:
neu bibat aequoreas naufragus hostis aquas, Ov. H. 7, 62.—Transf., of ships, to founder, to be wrecked: o utinam... Argo funestas pressa bibisset aquas! Ov. Am. 2, 11, 6.—5. Sanguinem or cruorem bibere.
(a). Sanguinem, in a figurative sense, = sanguinem sitire:
cujus sanguinem (Antonium) non bibere censeatis? (sitire, animo bibere), Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 10.—(b). Cruorem bibere, to draw blood, to kill:
hasta virgineum alte bibit acta cruorem, Verg. A. 11, 803; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 78.— 6. Transf. to things other than liquids.
a. Of concrete things: dixit et ardentes avido bibit ore favillas, breathed in, drew in (of the sparks of a funeral pyre), Mart. 1, 42, 5:
vigilandae noctes et fuligo lucubrationum bibenda, inhale, Quint. 11, 3, 23.— b. Figuratively, of abstract things.
(a). = cupideaudire, legere:
pugnas et exactos tyrannos... bibit aure vulgus, eagerly listens to, Hor. C. 2, 13, 32: incipe: suspensis auribus ista bibam, Prop. 3, 4, 8: hinc ille justitiae haustus bibat, imbibe (by reading) the love of justice, Quint. 12, 2, 31: illa divino fruitur sermone parentis, maternosque bibit mores, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 231.—(b). To imbibe, be affected with:
infelix Dido, longumque bibebat amorem, Verg. A. 1, 749: totisque novum bibit ossibus ignem, the fire of love, Stat. Achill. 1, 303.— (g). To draw out, exhaust: nudae illae artes omnem sucum ingenii bibunt, Quint. prooem. 24.—
c. To swallow, i. e. forget:
quamquam ego vinum bibo, mandata hau consuevi simul bibere una, Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 3. —7. Transf., of inanim. subjects, to absorb liquids, draw, imbibe them:
id si feceris metreta oleum non bibet, Cato, R. R. 100. —So trop.: claudite jam rivos... sat prata biberunt, Verg. E. 3, 111: inriguumque bibant violaria fontem, id. G. 4, 32: quae (terra) bibit humorem, absorbs moisture, id. ib. 2, 218: amphora fumum bibere instituta, Hor. C. 3, 8, 11: mista bibunt molles lacrimis unguenta favillae, Ov. F. 3, 561: tunc bibit irriguus fertilis hortus aquas, Tib. 2, 1, 44: lanarum nigrae nullum colorem bibunt, take no color, Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 193; so, candorem (i. e. colorem candidum) bibere, id. 31, 11, 47, § 123: arcus bibit (aquas) and nubes bibunt (aquas), the rainbow, the clouds draw water (according to a popular belief among the ancients): cur bibit arcus aquas? Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 32: et bibit ingens Arcus, Verg. G. 1, 380.—And, jestingly, of an old woman given to drink: ecce autem, bibit arcus; hercle, credo, hodie pluet, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 39 (44): unde aures nubesque bibunt atque imbrifer arcus, Stat. Th. 9, 405.—So with object understood: bibite, festivae fores, with reference to the wine spilled, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 88: palma toto anno bibere amat, i. e. aquam, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 28.—II. Absol. (the obj. acc. understood).
a. Sc. aquam:
nec sitis est exstincta priusquam vita bibendo (of those seized by the plague), Ov. M. 7, 569.—b. Of liquids in general:
numquam sitiens biberat, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97: edendi mihi erit bibendique finis desideria naturae restinguere, Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 5: ut nec bibant sine ambitione, nec edant, id. ib. 12, 5: conducit inter cibos bibere, Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41: vino debemus homines quod soli animalium non sitientes bibimus, id. 23, 1, 23, § 42.— c. Esp. of wine:
es, bibe, animo obsequere mecum, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 82: quamquam illud est dulce, esse et bibere, id. Trin. 2, 1, 37: jam diu factum postquam bibimus: nimis diu sicci sumus, id. Pers. 5, 2, 45; id. Poen. 4, 2, 13: decet luxuriosum bibendo mori, Quint. 8, 5, 23: ut jejuni biberent, Plin. 14, 28 med.—Pass. impers. bibitur, they drink, he drinks, people drink: dies noctisque estur, bibitur, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 78: ab tertiā horā bibebatur, ludebatur, vomebatur, Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 104: bibitur usque eo dum de solio ministretur, id. Pis. 27, 67.—III. With adverbs or adverbial phrases.
a. Of manner:
jucundius bibere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97; id. Att. 13, 52, 1: large, Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 105: fit invitatio ut Graeco more biberetur, i. e. propinando, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66.—b. With num. adv. denoting the number of cups:
jam bis bibisse oportuit, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 122: sic ago, semel bibo, id. Rud. 3, 6, 46: plus quam deciens, Sextiliane, bibis, Mart. 1, 26, 10: quare bis deciens, Sextiliane bibis? id. 1, 11, 2.—IV. With abl. or prep. and abl.
1. Of the liquid, river, etc.:
de eo vino... bibito ante cenam, Cato, R. R. 114: a fonte bibatur... an lacu, Mart. 9, 99, 9: ab amne, id. 12, 11: ex aquā, Prop. 2, 30, 32: ex fonte, id. 4, 4, 14.—2. Of the vessel.
(a). Abl.:
gemmā, i. e. poculo ex gemmā facto, Verg. G. 2, 506: caelato = e poculo caelato, Juv. 12, 47: conchā, id. 6, 304: fictilibus, id. 10, 25: testā, Mart. 3, 82, 3: vitro, id. 1, 37, 2; 4, 85, 1: ossibus humanorum capitum, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 12.—And bibere understood: poscunt majoribus poculis, i. e. bibi, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66.—(g). With in:
hac licet in gemmā bibas, Mart. 14, 120: in Priami calathis, id. 8, 6, 16: in auro, Sen. Thyest. 453: in argento potorio, Dig. 34, 12, 21: in ossibus capitum, Flor. 3, 4, 2.—V. Particular phrases.
1. Bibe si bibis = bibe nunc, si omnino bibere vis, a formula urging to drink, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 33; 5, 4, 51 (cf.:
age, si quid agis, id. ib. 5, 4, 35).—2. Dare bibere, to give to drink, a Grecism, perh. only in the foll. passages: date illi biber, Titin ap. Charis. p. 99 P. (Com. Rel. v. 78 Rib.):
jubebat biber dari, Fann. Ann. ib: bibere da usque plenis cantharis, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 40 (45): quod jussi ei dari bibere, Ter. And. 3, 2, 4; cf.: ut Jovi bibere ministraret, Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65: ut bibere sibi juberet dari, Liv. 40, 47, 5: cf.: dare with subj.: tum vos date bibat tibicini, Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 16.—And with rel. and subj.: nimium dabat quod biberem, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 19: dat aquam quam bibant, id. Curc. 1, 3, 4.—3. Prov.:
aut bibat aut abeat, taken from the Greek banquets, in which the chairman (arbiter bibendi, Hor. C. 2, 7, 25) could demand unconditional submission to the drinking laws (ἢ πῖθι, ἢ ἄπιθι), Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 118.bĭbo, ōnis, m. 1. bibo,
I. a tippler, drunkard, Firm. Math. 5, 4 fin.—
II. Esp., a kind of worm bred in wine, Afran. ap. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 406 Rib.; al. bibiones).
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
bibō bibī, —, ere
BI-, to drink: vinum, T.: mella diluta, H.: lac, to suck, O.: gemmā, from a jewelled cup, V.: caelato (sc. poculo), Iu.: Quod iussi ei dari bibere, to be given her to drink, T.: ut bibere sibi iuberet dari, L.: Iovi bibere ministrare: sitis exstincta bibendo, O.: ab tertiā horā bibebatur: Graeco more (i. e. propinando): Xanthum, i. e. water from, V.: Caecubam uvam (i. e. vinum), H.—Prov.: aut bibat aut abeat (at a feast). —With the name of a river, to visit, reach, frequent, dwell in the region of: si Hebrum bibamus, V.: Ararim Parthus bibet, i. e. the Parthians will come to Germany, V.: Extremum Tanain si biberes, Lyce, H. — Bibere aquas, i. e. to be drowned, O. — Meton., to take in, absorb, imbibe: sat prata biberunt, have been watered, V.: (terra) bibit umorem, absorbs moisture, V.: Amphora fumum bibere instituta, H.—Of the rainbow: bibit ingens arcus, V. — Fig., to receive, take in, drink in: longum amorem, V.: Pugnas bibit aure, H.: animo sanguinem, thirst for: Hasta bibit cruorem, drew, V.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *pibō with voicing of the initial /p/ to /b/, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti. Cognates include pōtō, Proto-Slavic *piti (cf. *pivo (“beer”)), Ancient Greek πῑ́νω (pī́nō), Proto-Celtic *ɸibeti, and Sanskrit पिबति (píbati).
Insular Romance
- Sardinianbìbere
- Sardinianbìvere
- Sardinianvìvere
- Sardinianbìere
- Sardinianvìere
- Sardinianbiri
- Sardinianbì
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanbeure
- Occitanbeure
- Occitanbieure
- Occitanbuòure
- Franco-Provençalbêre
- Old Frenchboivre
- Aragonesebeurefrom Catalan beure
- Gasconbéverfrom Occitan beure
- Gasconbúverfrom Occitan beure
- Gasconbéguerfrom Occitan beure
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianbea
- Romanianbere
- Aromanianbeau
- Aromanianbeari
- Aromanianbeare
- Istro-Romanianbe
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianbere
- Italianbevere
- Corsicanbeie
- Corsicanbia
- Dalmatianbar
- Istriotbévi
- Neapolitanvévere
- Sicilianvìviri
- Venetanbéver
- Venetanbéar
Borrowings
- Englishbibfrom Middle English bibben
- Englishbibblefrom Middle English bibben
Ibero-Romance
- Spanishbeberfrom Old Spanish bever
- Aragonesebeberfrom Old Navarro-Aragonese bever
- Old Galician-Portuguesebever
- Asturianbeberfrom Old Leonese bever
- Extremaduranbebelfrom Old Leonese bever
- Leonesebeberefrom Old Leonese bever
- Mirandesebuberfrom Old Leonese bever
- Mirandesebuerfrom Old Leonese bever
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianbevi
- Romanshbaiver
- Romanshbever
- Romanshbeiber
- Romanshbeber
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianbàvver
- Ligurianbéive
- Ligurianbéie
- Piedmontesebèive
- Piedmontesebùire
- Lombardbev
- Lombardbeiver
- Lombardbéver
- Romagnolbé
Vulgar Latin
- unknown*abbiberāre
- unknown*imbibitāre