sorbeo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti
Proto-Italic *sorβeō
Latin sorbeo

    From Proto-Italic *sorβeō, from earlier *sorβejō, from Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti, iterative verb from *srebʰ- (“to sip”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    sorbeō (present infinitive sorbēre, perfect active sorbuī or sorpsī, supine sorbitum or sorptum); second conjugation

    1. to suck in, drink up

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of sorbeō (second conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present sorbeō sorbēs sorbet sorbēmus sorbētis sorbent
    imperfect sorbēbam sorbēbās sorbēbat sorbēbāmus sorbēbātis sorbēbant
    future sorbēbō sorbēbis sorbēbit sorbēbimus sorbēbitis sorbēbunt
    perfect sorbuī,
    sorpsī     		sorbuistī,
    sorpsistī     		sorbuit,
    sorpsit     		sorbuimus,
    sorpsimus     		sorbuistis,
    sorpsistis     		sorbuērunt,
    sorbuēre,
    sorpsērunt,
    sorpsēre
    pluperfect sorbueram,
    sorpseram     		sorbuerās,
    sorpserās     		sorbuerat,
    sorpserat     		sorbuerāmus,
    sorpserāmus     		sorbuerātis,
    sorpserātis     		sorbuerant,
    sorpserant
    future perfect sorbuerō,
    sorpserō     		sorbueris,
    sorpseris     		sorbuerit,
    sorpserit     		sorbuerimus,
    sorpserimus     		sorbueritis,
    sorpseritis     		sorbuerint,
    sorpserint
    passive present sorbeor sorbēris,
    sorbēre     		sorbētur sorbēmur sorbēminī sorbentur
    imperfect sorbēbar sorbēbāris,
    sorbēbāre     		sorbēbātur sorbēbāmur sorbēbāminī sorbēbantur
    future sorbēbor sorbēberis,
    sorbēbere     		sorbēbitur sorbēbimur sorbēbiminī sorbēbuntur
    perfect sorbitus or sorptus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect sorbitus or sorptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect sorbitus or sorptus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present sorbeam sorbeās sorbeat sorbeāmus sorbeātis sorbeant
    imperfect sorbērem sorbērēs sorbēret sorbērēmus sorbērētis sorbērent
    perfect sorbuerim,
    sorpserim     		sorbuerīs,
    sorpserīs     		sorbuerit,
    sorpserit     		sorbuerīmus,
    sorpserīmus     		sorbuerītis,
    sorpserītis     		sorbuerint,
    sorpserint
    pluperfect sorbuissem,
    sorpsissem     		sorbuissēs,
    sorpsissēs     		sorbuisset,
    sorpsisset     		sorbuissēmus,
    sorpsissēmus     		sorbuissētis,
    sorpsissētis     		sorbuissent,
    sorpsissent
    passive present sorbear sorbeāris,
    sorbeāre     		sorbeātur sorbeāmur sorbeāminī sorbeantur
    imperfect sorbērer sorbērēris,
    sorbērēre     		sorbērētur sorbērēmur sorbērēminī sorbērentur
    perfect sorbitus or sorptus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect sorbitus or sorptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — sorbē — — sorbēte —
    future — sorbētō sorbētō — sorbētōte sorbentō
    passive present — sorbēre — — sorbēminī —
    future — sorbētor sorbētor — — sorbentor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present sorbēre sorbērī sorbēns —
    future sorbitūrum esse,
    sorptūrum esse     		sorbitum īrī,
    sorptum īrī     		sorbitūrus,
    sorptūrus     		sorbendus
    perfect sorbuisse,
    sorpsisse     		sorbitum esse,
    sorptum esse     		— sorbitus,
    sorptus
    future perfect — sorbitum fore,
    sorptum fore     		— —
    perfect potential sorbitūrum fuisse,
    sorptūrum fuisse     		— — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    sorbendī sorbendō sorbendum sorbendō sorbitum,
    sorptum     		sorbitū,
    sorptū

    NB: the perfect and supine stems sorps-/sorpt- are rare and post-classical.

    Derived terms

    • sorbitiuncula

    Descendants

    • Ibero-Romance:
      • Asturian: sorber
      • Galician: sorber
      • Portuguese: sorver
      • Spanish: sorber
    • Rhaeto-Romance:
      • Romansh: süerver
    • Borrowings:

    Reflexes of an assumed variant *sorbīre:

    References

    Further reading

    • “sorbeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “sorbeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “sorbeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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