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|lshtext=<b>sorbĕo</b>: ŭi, 2 (collat. forms:<br /><b>I</b> 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]] | |lshtext=<b>sorbĕo</b>: ŭi, 2 (collat. forms:<br /><b>I</b> 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]].).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /> <b>B</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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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. | ||
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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.
