bibulus
Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι → Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, Phaedo 64a.5)
Latin > English
bibulus bibula, bibulum ADJ :: fond of drinking, ever thirsty; soaking, sodden; spongy, absorbent, porous
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
bĭbŭlus: a, um, adj. 1. bibo.
I Lit., drinking readily, freely (poet. or in postAug. prose): bibulus Falerni, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 34: potores, id. ib. 1, 18, 91.—More freq.,
B Transf., of inanim. things, that sucks in or absorbs moisture: harena, sand that imbibes, drinks up moisture, Lucr. 2, 376; Verg. G. 1, 114; Ov. M. 13, 901: lapis, a stone that absorbs moisture, Verg. G. 2, 348 (qui harenarius vocatur, Serv.); Col. 3, 15, 4: litus, Ov. H. 16 (17), 139: favilla, Verg. A. 6, 227: radix, Ov. M. 14, 632: talaria, moistened, id. ib. 4, 730: medulla, id. ib. 4, 744: ollae bibulae aut male coctae, Col. 12, 45, 3: papyrus, growing in moist places, Luc. 4, 136: charta, blotting-paper, Plin. Ep. 8, 15, 2; cf. Isid. Orig. 6, 10, 1: taenia papyri, Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81: nubes, Ov. M. 14, 368 (cf. 1. bibo, B. 1.): lanae, absorbing or taking color, id. ib. 6, 9 (v. poto).—
II Trop., of hearing (cf. 1. bibo, II.): aures, ready to hear, listening, Pers. 4, 50.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(2) bĭbŭlus,¹³ a, um (bibo), qui boit volontiers : Falerni Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 34, qui sable le Falerne || qui s’imbibe, s’imprègne : bibula charta Plin. Min. Ep. 8, 15, 2, papier qui boit ; bibulus lapis Virg. G. 2, 348, pierre poreuse || [fig.] avide d’entendre : bibulæ aures Pers. 4, 50, oreilles assoiffées.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) bibulus1, a, um (bibo), I) aktiv, gern trinkend, immer durstig (nach etw.), mit Genet., liquidi Falerni, sich gütlich tuend in usw., Hor. ep. 1, 14, 31. – übtr., v. Lebl., a) im allg. = eine Flüssigkeit einsaugend, einziehend, lapis, Bimsstein (der Regenwasser u. Luft durchläßt), Verg.: lana, Ov.: nubes, die Wasser ziehen, Ov.: charta, Papier, das fließt, wie Löschpapier, Plin. ep.: papyrus, gern an Flüssen wachsend, Lucan. – b) insbes., v. Gehör, hörbegierig, aures, Pers. 4, 50. – II) passiv, trinkbar, süffig, Falernum, Hor. ep. 1, 18, 91.
