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
- T
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..." - P
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..."