absorbeo
Latin
Alternative forms
- apsorbeō
Etymology
From ab- + sorbeō (“suck in, drink down, swallow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈpsor.be.oː/, [aˈpsɔr.be.oː]
Verb
absorbeō (present infinitive absorbēre, perfect active absorbuī, supine absorptum); second conjugation
- I swallow down, devour.
- I absorb, submerge.
- (figuratively) I absorb, engross.
Inflection
- The third principal part may be absorbuī or absorpsī.
Conjugation of absorbeo (second conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | absorbeō | absorbēs | absorbet | absorbēmus | absorbētis | absorbent |
imperfect | absorbēbam | absorbēbās | absorbēbat | absorbēbāmus | absorbēbātis | absorbēbant | |
future | absorbēbō | absorbēbis | absorbēbit | absorbēbimus | absorbēbitis | absorbēbunt | |
perfect | absorbuī | absorbuistī | absorbuit | absorbuimus | absorbuistis | absorbuērunt, absorbuēre | |
pluperfect | absorbueram | absorbuerās | absorbuerat | absorbuerāmus | absorbuerātis | absorbuerant | |
future perfect | absorbuerō | absorbueris | absorbuerit | absorbuerimus | absorbueritis | absorbuerint | |
passive | present | absorbeor | absorbēris, absorbēre | absorbētur | absorbēmur | absorbēminī | absorbentur |
imperfect | absorbēbar | absorbēbāris, absorbēbāre | absorbēbātur | absorbēbāmur | absorbēbāminī | absorbēbantur | |
future | absorbēbor | absorbēberis, absorbēbere | absorbēbitur | absorbēbimur | absorbēbiminī | absorbēbuntur | |
perfect | absorptus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | absorptus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | absorptus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | absorbeam | absorbeās | absorbeat | absorbeāmus | absorbeātis | absorbeant |
imperfect | absorbērem | absorbērēs | absorbēret | absorbērēmus | absorbērētis | absorbērent | |
perfect | absorbuerim | absorbuerīs | absorbuerit | absorbuerimus | absorbueritis | absorbuerint | |
pluperfect | absorbuissem | absorbuissēs | absorbuisset | absorbuissēmus | absorbuissētis | absorbuissent | |
passive | present | absorbear | absorbeāris, absorbeāre | absorbeātur | absorbeāmur | absorbeāminī | absorbeantur |
imperfect | absorbērer | absorbērēris, absorbērēre | absorbērētur | absorbērēmur | absorbērēminī | absorbērentur | |
perfect | absorptus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | absorptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | absorbē | — | — | absorbēte | — |
future | — | absorbētō | absorbētō | — | absorbētōte | absorbentō | |
passive | present | — | absorbēre | — | — | absorbēminī | — |
future | — | absorbētor | absorbētor | — | — | absorbentor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | absorbēre | absorbuisse | absorptūrus esse | absorbērī | absorptus esse | absorptum īrī | |
participles | absorbēns | — | absorptūrus | — | absorptus | absorbendus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
absorbēre | absorbendī | absorbendō | absorbendum | absorptum | absorptū |
Derived terms
- absorptiō
Related terms
- dēsorbeō
- exsorbeō
- obsorbeō
- persorbeō
- resorbeō
- sorbeō
Descendants
- → Albanian: absorboj
- → Catalan: absorbir
- → German: absorbieren
- → Galician: absorber
- → Italian: assorbire
- → Norwegian: absorbere
- → Old French: assorbir
- Middle French: absorber
- French: absorber
- → Dutch: absorberen
- → English: absorb
- Middle French: absorber
- → Portuguese: absorver
- → Romanian: absorbi
- → Russian: абсорбировать (absorbirovatʹ)
- → Spanish: absorber
- → Swedish: absorbera
References
- absorbeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- absorbeo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- absorbeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette