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verbsecond conjugation

sorbeō

sorbeō (present infinitive sorbēre, perfect active sorbuī or sorpsī, supine sorbitum or sorptum)
Classical[ˈsɔr.be.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɔr.be.o]

Meaning

  1. to suck in, drink up

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Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.sorbeōsorbēbamsorbēbōsorbuī
sorpsī		sorbueram
sorpseram		sorbuerō
sorpserō
2nd sg.sorbēssorbēbāssorbēbissorbuistī
sorpsistī		sorbuerās
sorpserās		sorbueris
sorpseris
3rd sg.sorbetsorbēbatsorbēbitsorbuit
sorpsit		sorbuerat
sorpserat		sorbuerit
sorpserit
1st pl.sorbēmussorbēbāmussorbēbimussorbuimus
sorpsimus		sorbuerāmus
sorpserāmus		sorbuerimus
sorpserimus
2nd pl.sorbētissorbēbātissorbēbitissorbuistis
sorpsistis		sorbuerātis
sorpserātis		sorbueritis
sorpseritis
3rd pl.sorbentsorbēbantsorbēbuntsorbuērunt
sorbuēre, sorpsērunt, sorpsēre		sorbuerant
sorpserant		sorbuerint
sorpserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.sorbeamsorbēremsorbuerim
sorpserim		sorbuissem
sorpsissem
2nd sg.sorbeāssorbērēssorbuerīs
sorpserīs		sorbuissēs
sorpsissēs
3rd sg.sorbeatsorbēretsorbuerit
sorpserit		sorbuisset
sorpsisset
1st pl.sorbeāmussorbērēmussorbuerīmus
sorpserīmus		sorbuissēmus
sorpsissēmus
2nd pl.sorbeātissorbērētissorbuerītis
sorpserītis		sorbuissētis
sorpsissētis
3rd pl.sorbeantsorbērentsorbuerint
sorpserint		sorbuissent
sorpsissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.sorbeorsorbēbarsorbēbor
2nd sg.sorbēris
sorbēre		sorbēbāris
sorbēbāre		sorbēberis
sorbēbere
3rd sg.sorbētursorbēbātursorbēbitur
1st pl.sorbēmursorbēbāmursorbēbimur
2nd pl.sorbēminīsorbēbāminīsorbēbiminī
3rd pl.sorbentursorbēbantursorbēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.sorbearsorbērer
2nd sg.sorbeāris
sorbeāre		sorbērēris
sorbērēre
3rd sg.sorbeātursorbērētur
1st pl.sorbeāmursorbērēmur
2nd pl.sorbeāminīsorbērēminī
3rd pl.sorbeantursorbērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.sorbēsorbēre
pres. 2nd pl.sorbētesorbēminī
fut. 2nd sg.sorbētōsorbētor
fut. 3rd sg.sorbētōsorbētor
fut. 2nd pl.sorbētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.sorbentōsorbentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesorbēresorbērī
perfect infinitivesorbuisse
sorpsisse		sorbitum esse
sorptum esse
future infinitivesorbitūrum esse
sorptūrum esse		sorbitum īrī
sorptum īrī
present participlesorbēns—
perfect participle—sorbitus
sorptus, sorbita, sorbitā, sorbitae, sorbitam, sorbitārum, sorbitās, sorbite, sorbitī, sorbitīs, sorbitō, sorbitōrum, sorbitōs, sorpta, sorptā, sorptae, sorptam, sorptārum, sorptās, sorpte, sorptī, sorptīs, sorptō, sorptōrum, sorptōs
future participlesorbitūrus
sorptūrus, sorbitūra, sorbitūrā, sorbitūrae, sorbitūram, sorbitūrārum, sorbitūrās, sorbitūre, sorbitūrī, sorbitūrīs, sorbitūrō, sorbitūrōrum, sorbitūrōs, sorbitūrum, sorptūra, sorptūrā, sorptūrae, sorptūram, sorptūrārum, sorptūrās, sorptūre, sorptūrī, sorptūrīs, sorptūrō, sorptūrōrum, sorptūrōs, sorptūrum		sorbendus
sorbenda, sorbendā, sorbendae, sorbendam, sorbendārum, sorbendās, sorbende, sorbendīs, sorbendōrum, sorbendōs
gerundsorbendī, sorbendō, sorbendumsupinesorbitum, sorbitū

sorbĕo, ŭi, 2 (collat. forms:
I. pres. subj. sorbamus, App. M. 2, p. 119; perf. sorpsi, acc. to Charis. p. 217, and Diom. p. 363; cf. the compounds), v. a. akin with Gr. ῥοφέω; cf. O. H. Germ. swarb, swirbil, whirlpool, to sup up, suck in, drink down, swallow (freq. and class.).
I. Lit. (class.; syn. haurio): hominum sanguinem, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 5: calidum sanguinem ex homine, Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 4: crudum ovum, id. 29, 3, 11, § 42; Luc. 7, 843: margaritas aceto liquefactas, Suet. Calig. 37 et saep.—Absol.: sorbet dormiens, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 6 sq.—Prov.: simul flare sorbereque haud facile, to drink and whistle at the same time, i. e. to do two things at once, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 104.—
B. Transf., to suck in, draw in, swallow up, absorb (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Lucr. 6, 1130: (Charybdis vastos) Sorbet in abruptum fluctus, Verg. A. 3, 422: fretum, Ov. M. 7, 64: flumina, id. ib. 1, 40: sorbent avidae praecordia flammae, id. ib. 9, 172: (quae sorbuit terrae hiatus), Plin. 2, 80, 82, § 194: minus sorbet politura charta, id. 13, 12, 25, § 81: quā sorbeat aëra sannā Tullia, Juv. 6, 306.—
II. Trop., to swallow down, endure, bear, brook, etc.: quid eum non sorbere animo, quid non haurire cogitatione, cuius sanguinem non bibere censetis? Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 10: odia (corresp. to concoquere), id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 5.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*srebʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*srobʰéyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*sorβeō
  4. Latinsorbeō

From Proto-Italic *sorβeō, from earlier *sorβejō, from Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti, iterative verb from *srebʰ- (“to sip”).

Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesesorver
  • Spanishsorber
  • Asturiansorber
  • Galiciansorber
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalansorbir
  • Occitansorbirfrom Old Occitan sorbir
  • Middle Frenchsorbirfrom Old French sorbir
Borrowings
  • Englishsorb
Insular Romance
  • Sardiniansurbiri
Balkano-Romance
  • Romaniansorbi
  • Aromaniansorbu
  • Aromaniansurghiri
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiansorbire
  • Venetansorbir
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Romanshsüerver

In English words that came into English from sorbeō

  • absorbabsorbeō
  • absorptionabsorptiō
  • absorbentabsorbēns
  • sorptionsorbeō
  • resorbresorbere
  • absorptabsorptus
  • resorbentresorbens
  • sorbsorbeō
  • chemosorbsorbere
  • sorbefacientsorbere
  • sorbilesorbilis

Quick answers

What does sorbeō mean in Latin?
sorbeō, a verb, means “to suck in, drink up”.
What are the principal parts of sorbeō?
sorbeō, sorbēre, sorbuī, sorbitum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce sorbeō?
In classical Latin, [ˈsɔr.be.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsɔr.be.o].
Where does sorbeō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- → Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti → Proto-Italic *sorβeō → Latin sorbeō.
Which English words come from sorbeō?
English words that go back to Latin sorbeō include sorption, sorb, chemosorb, sorbefacient, absorb and absorbent.