combibo

Latin edit

FWOTD – 14 May 2015

Alternative forms edit

conbibō

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.bi.boː/, [ˈkɔmbɪboː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.bi.bo/, [ˈkɔmbibo]

Etymology 1 edit

From con- (“with, together; completely”) +‎ bibō (“I drink”).

Verb edit

combibō (present infinitive combibere, perfect active combibī, supine combibitum); third conjugation

(intransitive, rare) to drink with any one as a companion
(transitive, post-Augustan) to drink completely up, to absorb or imbibe
1. (literally) of fluids, by drinking
2. (figuratively) of fluids, absorbed other than by drinking
3. (transferred sense) of substances other than fluids
4. (figuratively) to absorb (teachings), to become imbued with (habits), to become convinced of (a belief), etc.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of combibō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	combibō	combibis	combibit	combibimus	combibitis	combibunt
	imperfect	combibēbam	combibēbās	combibēbat	combibēbāmus	combibēbātis	combibēbant
	future	combibam	combibēs	combibet	combibēmus	combibētis	combibent
	perfect	combibī	combibistī	combibit	combibimus	combibistis	combibērunt, combibēre
	pluperfect	combiberam	combiberās	combiberat	combiberāmus	combiberātis	combiberant
	future perfect	combiberō	combiberis	combiberit	combiberimus	combiberitis	combiberint
passive	present	combibor	combiberis, combibere	combibitur	combibimur	combibiminī	combibuntur
	imperfect	combibēbar	combibēbāris, combibēbāre	combibēbātur	combibēbāmur	combibēbāminī	combibēbantur
	future	combibar	combibēris, combibēre	combibētur	combibēmur	combibēminī	combibentur
	perfect	combibitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	combibitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	combibitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	combibam	combibās	combibat	combibāmus	combibātis	combibant
	imperfect	combiberem	combiberēs	combiberet	combiberēmus	combiberētis	combiberent
	perfect	combiberim	combiberīs	combiberit	combiberīmus	combiberītis	combiberint
	pluperfect	combibissem	combibissēs	combibisset	combibissēmus	combibissētis	combibissent
passive	present	combibar	combibāris, combibāre	combibātur	combibāmur	combibāminī	combibantur
	imperfect	combiberer	combiberēris, combiberēre	combiberētur	combiberēmur	combiberēminī	combiberentur
	perfect	combibitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	combibitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	combibe	—	—	combibite	—
active	future	—	combibitō	combibitō	—	combibitōte	combibuntō
passive	present	—	combibere	—	—	combibiminī	—
passive	future	—	combibitor	combibitor	—	—	combibuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		combibere	combibisse	combibitūrum esse	combibī	combibitum esse	combibitum īrī
participles		combibēns	—	combibitūrus	—	combibitus	combibendus, combibundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		combibendī	combibendō	combibendum	combibendō	combibitum	combibitū

Derived terms edit

combibiolus
combibiōsus (Mediaeval Latin)
combibium (New Latin)
combibō²

References edit

“combĭbo¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
1 combĭbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “347”
“combibō¹” on page 358/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2 edit

From combibō (“I drink with any one”) +‎ -ō.

Noun edit

combibō m (genitive combibōnis); third declension

a companion in drinking, a fellow tippler, a pot-companion, a drinking buddy
- 50 BC, M. Tullius Cicero (aut.), L.C. Purser (ed.), “Scr. Laudiceae post iii Id. Febi; a. 704 (50). CICERO IMR PAETO.” in Epistulae ad Familiares (1952), bk IX, ep. xxv, § 2:
  Cum M. Fadio, quod scire te arbitror, mihi summus usus est valdeque eum diligo cum propter summam probitatem eius ac singularem modestiam, tum quod in iis controversiis, quas habeo cum tuis combibonibus Epicuriis, optima opera eius uti soleo.
  With M. Fadius, as I think you know, I am very intimate, and I am much attached to him, as well from his extreme honesty and singular modesty of behaviour, as from the fact that I am accustomed to find him of the greatest help in the controversies which I have with your fellow tipplers the Epicureans. ― tr. from: E.S. Shuckburgh, The Letters of Cicero (1889–1900), vol. II, ep. ccxlv (F IX, 25): “To L. Papinius Peatus (at Rome); Laodicea (February)”

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	combibō	combibōnēs
Genitive	combibōnis	combibōnum
Dative	combibōnī	combibōnibus
Accusative	combibōnem	combibōnēs
Ablative	combibōne	combibōnibus
Vocative	combibō	combibōnēs

Synonyms edit

(drinking buddy): combibiolus, compōtātor (Late Latin), compōtor

References edit

“combĭbo²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“combibo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
2 combĭbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “347/2”
“combibō²” on page 358/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)