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ob-sorbĕo , ŭi, 2,
I.v. a., to sup or drink up, to swallow or gulp down (poetical).
I. Lit., Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 21: “aquam,” id. Curc. 2, 3, 34: placentas, to gulp down, bolt, Hor. S. 2, 8, 24: “unionem liquefactum,” Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 121.—Absol.: “ter die absorbebat, terque eructabat,” Hyg. Fab. 125: “ursis homines non plane comedendi, sed obsorbendi objectabantur,” Lact. Mort. Pers. 21, 6.—
II. Transf.: “fores, Quae obsorbent quicquid venit intra pessulos,” swallow up, Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 29 (dub.; al. absorbent).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Plautus, Curculio, 2.3
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