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
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..."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..."