sorbilo

Latin > English

sorbilo ADV :: by sipping, drop by drop

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sorbĭlō: adv. id.,
I sippingly; hence, transf., drop by drop, bit by bit (ante-class.): victitare, i. e. poorly, sparely, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 185: senectutem ducat usque ad senium sorbilo, Caecil. ap. Fest. p. 339 Müll. (Com. Rel. v. 73 Rib.).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sorbĭlō (sorbeo), adv., par gorgées ; [fig.] par morceaux, par bribes : Cæcil. 73 ; Pl. Pœn. 266.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) sorbilo¹ (sorbillo), āre (Demin. v. sorbeo), schlürfen, cyathos, Ter. adelph. 591: vinum dulciter, Apul. met. 2, 16: übtr., sorbilantibus saviis, Apul. met 3, 14. – / sorbilo scheint die urspr., sorbillo die spätere Form zu sein; vgl. auch Cledon. 54, 32 K. Pompeii comment. 221, 1 K.
(2) sorbilō², Adv, (sorbeo), schlürfweise, übtr. = tropfen-, bissenweise, victitandum sorbilo, wie ein armer Schlucker, Caecil. com. 73. Plaut. Poen. 397.