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ad-bĭbo , bĭbi, bĭbĭtum, 3, v. a. ad, intens.,
I.to drink (not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: “quando adbibero,” Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 58; so Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 8; Gell. 2, 22.—
II. Trop., of discourse, to drink in, Plaut. Mil. Gl. 3, 3, 10 (cf. devorare dicta, id. As. 3, 3, 59, and Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 14; Sid. Carm. 16, 126).—Hence of instruction, to drink in eagerly, to listen to attentively: “nunc adbibe puro Pectore verba, puer,” Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 67.
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, Asinaria, 3.3
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    • Plautus, Stichus, 2.2
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