sorbilo

Latin

Etymology

From sorbilis (able to be sucked up) +‎ .

Pronunciation

Adverb

sorbilō (not comparable)

  1. by sucking
    • c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 1.2.397:
      nam mihi iam video propter te victitandum sorbilo
      From now on, thanks to you, I see I will have to subsist on a liquid diet

References

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