absorberent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →absorbeo, absorbere, absorbui, absorptus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
devour; swallow up; engulf, submerge; engross; absorb, suck in; import; dry up;; devour; overwhelm; swallow up/engulf, submerge; absorb, suck in; import; dry up;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...dissipatas, tam distantibus in locis positas tam cito absorbere potuisse". LXXI. Exquisitam vero figuram huius rei deprendisse apud..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...erat super ipsum, Porcius infra, ridiculus totas semel absorbere placentas; Nomentanus ad hoc, qui, siquid forte lateret, indice..."