absorbeo
absorbeo, to swallow down, devour
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absorbens Verb: present active participle masculine nominative singular, Verb: present active participle feminine vocative singular, Verb: present active participle masculine vocative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter accusative singular, Verb: present active participle feminine nominative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter nominative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter vocative singular of absorbeo
ab-sorbĕo, bui, rarely psi, ptum (absorbui, Plin. 9, 35, 58, 121 (ob- PHI): absorpsi, Luc. 4, 100; cf. Vel. Long. 2233 P.), 2, v. a., to swallow down any thing, to devour.
- I Lit.: unda legiones, Naev. B. Pun. 4, 16: oceanus vix videtur tot res tam cito absorbere potuisse, Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67: placentas, Hor. S. 2, 8, 24; so id. ib. 2, 3, 240 K. and H. (al. obsorbere and exsorbere): unionem, Plin. l. l. (Sill. ob-): res ad victum, to devour, Cic. Rep. 2, 5.—
- II Trop., to engross, absorb: hunc absorbuit aestus gloriae, Cic. Brut. 81; so id. Leg. 2, 4, 9: ipse ad sese jamdudum vocat, et quodam modo absorbet orationem meam, and, as it were, eats up my discourse (i. e. wishes it to treat of him only), id. Sest. 6, 13: ea (meretrix) acerrume aestuosa absorbet, devours (i. e. squanders one's property, the figure taken from the sea), Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 67 (471).
ab-sorbeo, buī, ēre, hinunterschlürfen, schlürfend hinunterschlucken, verschlucken, verschlingen, v. leb. Wesen, omnem umorem, Plin.: placentas, Hor.: grana frugum, Mela: supervolantes aves (v. der Schlange), Mela: unionem, Macr. – v. Gewässern, oceanus vix videtur tot res absorbere potuisse, Cic.: quidquid ingerebatur, praealtum absorbebat mare, Curt.: imperitiā nandi gurgite fluminis absorbebantur, Amm.: absorberi terras et maria siccari, Sen. – v. trocknen Ggstdn., eine Feuchtigkeit einschlürfen, aufsaugen, omnem naturalem absorbet umorem siccitas, Curt.: lens optima, quae omnem aquam absorbet, Plin. – übtr., hunc absorbuit aestus gloriae, verschlang gleichs. = riß mit sich fort, Cic.: tribunatus absorbet meam orationem, verschlingt gleichs. (= nimmt für sich allein in Anspruch), Cic. – ➳ Perf. absorbsi, Lucan. 4, 100. Macr. sat. 5, 1, 8. Ven. Fort. carm. 3, 9, 83; vgl. Vel. Long. (VII) 73, 15 (von Caper [VII] 94, 15 verworfen). – Partiz. absorptus, Cypr. ep. 3, 1: absortus, Oros. apol. 32, 9. – Infin. Präs. Pass. ungew. absorbi, Iren. 4, 38, 4.
See: absorbere
absorbĕō, (13) bŭī, ēre, tr., faire disparaître en avalant, absorber, engloutir : Cic. Phil. 2, 67 ; Hor. S. 2, 8, 24 || [fig.] Cic. Br. 282 ; Leg. 2, 9 ; tribunatus quodam modo absorbet orationem meam Cic. Sest. 13, son tribunat pour ainsi dire absorbe [accapare] mon discours.
➳ pf. absorpsi Luc. 4, 100 ; Macr. Sat. 5, 1, 8.
- 1. verslinden, achteroverslaan, doorslikken [placentas; (metaf.) umorem opzuigen];
- 2. (metaf.) opslokken, meeslepen; ➤ tribunatus absorbet meam orationem (Cic.); hunc absorbuit aestus gloriae (Cic.).
ab-sorbeō buī, ptus, ēre,
- to swallow down, devour: placentas, H.: decies solidum, i. e. the value of a million, H.—To engulf, swallow up, overwhelm: oceanus vix tot res.—To engross: absorbet (tribunatus) orationem meam, i. e. fills exclusively.—To import: res ad victum.