LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

obsorbeō

obsorbeō (present infinitive obsorbēre, perfect active obsorbuī, supine obsorptum)
Classical[ɔpˈsɔr.be.oː]Ecclesiastical[obˈsɔr.be.o]

Meaning

  1. to drink up, gulp down, swallow, bolt

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.obsorbeōobsorbēbamobsorbēbōobsorbuīobsorbueramobsorbuerō
2nd sg.obsorbēsobsorbēbāsobsorbēbisobsorbuistīobsorbuerāsobsorbueris
3rd sg.obsorbetobsorbēbatobsorbēbitobsorbuitobsorbueratobsorbuerit
1st pl.obsorbēmusobsorbēbāmusobsorbēbimusobsorbuimusobsorbuerāmusobsorbuerimus
2nd pl.obsorbētisobsorbēbātisobsorbēbitisobsorbuistisobsorbuerātisobsorbueritis
3rd pl.obsorbentobsorbēbantobsorbēbuntobsorbuērunt
obsorbuēre
obsorbuerantobsorbuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.obsorbeamobsorbēremobsorbuerimobsorbuissem
2nd sg.obsorbeāsobsorbērēsobsorbuerīsobsorbuissēs
3rd sg.obsorbeatobsorbēretobsorbueritobsorbuisset
1st pl.obsorbeāmusobsorbērēmusobsorbuerīmusobsorbuissēmus
2nd pl.obsorbeātisobsorbērētisobsorbuerītisobsorbuissētis
3rd pl.obsorbeantobsorbērentobsorbuerintobsorbuissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.obsorbeorobsorbēbarobsorbēbor
2nd sg.obsorbēris
obsorbēre
obsorbēbāris
obsorbēbāre
obsorbēberis
obsorbēbere
3rd sg.obsorbēturobsorbēbāturobsorbēbitur
1st pl.obsorbēmurobsorbēbāmurobsorbēbimur
2nd pl.obsorbēminīobsorbēbāminīobsorbēbiminī
3rd pl.obsorbenturobsorbēbanturobsorbēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.obsorbearobsorbērer
2nd sg.obsorbeāris
obsorbeāre
obsorbērēris
obsorbērēre
3rd sg.obsorbeāturobsorbērētur
1st pl.obsorbeāmurobsorbērēmur
2nd pl.obsorbeāminīobsorbērēminī
3rd pl.obsorbeanturobsorbērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.obsorbēobsorbēre
pres. 2nd pl.obsorbēteobsorbēminī
fut. 2nd sg.obsorbētōobsorbētor
fut. 3rd sg.obsorbētōobsorbētor
fut. 2nd pl.obsorbētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.obsorbentōobsorbentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveobsorbēreobsorbērī
perfect infinitiveobsorbuisseobsorptum esse
future infinitiveobsorptūrum esseobsorptum īrī
present participleobsorbēns—
perfect participle—obsorptus
obsorpta, obsorptā, obsorptae, obsorptam, obsorptārum, obsorptās, obsorpte, obsorptī, obsorptīs, obsorptō, obsorptōrum, obsorptōs
future participleobsorptūrus
obsorptūra, obsorptūrā, obsorptūrae, obsorptūram, obsorptūrārum, obsorptūrās, obsorptūre, obsorptūrī, obsorptūrīs, obsorptūrō, obsorptūrōrum, obsorptūrōs, obsorptūrum
obsorbendus
obsorbenda, obsorbendā, obsorbendae, obsorbendam, obsorbendārum, obsorbendās, obsorbende, obsorbendīs, obsorbendōrum, obsorbendōs
gerundobsorbendī, obsorbendō, obsorbendumsupineobsorptum, obsorptū

ob-sorbĕo, ŭi, 2,
I. v. a., to sup or drink up, to swallow or gulp down (poetical).
I. Lit., Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 21: aquam, id. Curc. 2, 3, 34: placentas, to gulp down, bolt, Hor. S. 2, 8, 24: unionem liquefactum, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 121.—Absol.: ter die absorbebat, terque eructabat, Hyg. Fab. 125: ursis homines non plane comedendi, sed obsorbendi objectabantur, Lact. Mort. Pers. 21, 6.—
II. Transf.: fores, Quae obsorbent quicquid venit intra pessulos, swallow up, Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 29 (dub.; al. absorbent).

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin obsorbeō From ob- + sorbeō (“suck in, swallow”).

Quick answers

What does obsorbeō mean in Latin?
obsorbeō, a verb, means “to drink up, gulp down, swallow, bolt”.
What are the principal parts of obsorbeō?
obsorbeō, obsorbēre, obsorbuī, obsorptum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce obsorbeō?
In classical Latin, [ɔpˈsɔr.be.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [obˈsɔr.be.o].