English → Latin
“imbibe” in Latin
imbibōto drink in, imbibe; to assimilate; to conceive (an idea)nŏtĭona plant, otherwise calledverbumword; proverb, saying; verb
The English word imbibe itself goes back to Latin bibō, through imbibō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
imbibe
imbibere (to drink in, PROP. and figuratively). To imbibe a color, colorem bibere, imbibere: to imbibe errors with our nurse’s (or, as we say, mother’s) milk, errores cum lacte nutricis sugere: to imbibe an opinion or notion, opinionem animo imbibere: to imbibe a doctrine from anybody, verba cs adbibere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for imbibe?
- The usual Latin words for “imbibe” are imbibō, nŏtĭon, verbum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.