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resorbeo

resorbeo, to suck back, swallow again

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

resorbeō, 2, a.: to suck back, draw back, 11.627.
rĕ-sorbĕo, ēre, v. a.,
  • to suck back, swallow again (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): quaeque vomit fluctus totidem totidemque resorbet, Ov. H. 12, 125; so, saxa (pontus), Verg. A. 11, 627 Wagn.: mare in se resorberi videbamus, Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 9: mare accrescere aut resorberi, Tac. Agr. 10 fin.: te rursus in bellum resorbens Unda fretis tulit aestuosis, Hor. C. 2, 7, 15: hamum (opp. egerunt), Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145: (lapidis aestus) respuit ab se Atque per aes agitat, sine eo quod saepe resorbet, i.e. draws to itself, attracts, Lucr. 6, 1054; so, spiritum, to suck in, Quint. 11, 3, 55: carptim vocem, Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 362: fletum, to suppress, Sil. 12, 594; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1286: lacrimas, Stat. Th. 5, 654.

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