bibulam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bibulus, bibula, bibulum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fond of drinking, ever thirsty; soaking, sodden; spongy, absorbent, porous;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...pingere telluris gremium, qua mollibus undis litoris incurvi bibulam pavit aequor harenam. quare etiam atque etiam simili ratione..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...conlapsi cineres et flamma quievit, reliquias vino et bibulam lavere favillam, ossaque lecta cado texit Corynaeus aeno. idem..."