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perbibo

perbibo, to drink in

per-bĭbo, bĭbi, 3, v. a. (to drink much; hence), *
  • To drink or suck up: at ego perii, cui medullam lassitudo perbibit, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 16 (340).—
  • II To drink in (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    • A Lit., Cato R. R. 130: lana quosdam (colores) non perbibit, Sen. Ep. 71, 31: lacrimas, Ov. M. 6, 397: medicamina, Col. 7, 4, 8.—
    • B Trop., to imbibe, receive: haec cum persuasi mihi et perbibi, Sen. Ep. 94, 11: liberalia studia, id. ib. 36, 4: nequitiam, id. Ira, 1, 16, 2: mentes eorum penitus sucum stultitiae perbiberunt, Lact. 2, 2, 16: rabiem, Ov. Ib. 233: Latinum sermonem, Quint. 1, 1, 12 Spald. N. cr.

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