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ē-bĭbo , bi, bĭtum, 3, v. a.,
I.to drink up, drain (not in Cic. or Caes.).
I. Lit.: “quid comedent? quid ebibent?Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 14; “so with comedere,Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 20; id. Ps. 5, 2, 11; “hirneam vini,id. Am. 1, 1, 276: “poculum,id. Curc. 2, 3, 80: “ubera lactantia,Ov. M. 6, 342 et saep.: “elephantos dracones,” i. e. to suck their blood, Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 34; cf. “sanguinem,Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 65: “cum vino simitu imperium,to drink up, forget through drinking, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 84 (cf. in the simplex: “bibere mandata,id. Pers. 2, 1, 3, v. bibo).—Poet.: invenies illic, qui Nestoris ebibat annos, to drink the age of Nestor (i. e. to drink as many glasses as equal the years of Nestor), Ov. F. 3, 533. —
B. Transf., of inanimate things, to suck in, draw in, absorb: “(fretum) peregrinos amnes,Ov. M. 8, 837; cf. Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71: “saniem (lana),id. 9, 38, 62.—
II. In gen., to waste in drink, squander, Hor. S. 2, 3, 122. —
III. Trop., to exhaust, remove, take away: “spiritum meum,Vulg. Job, 6, 4.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.342
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.837
    • Plautus, Curculio, 1.2
    • Plautus, Curculio, 2.3
    • Plautus, Persa, 2.1
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 5.2
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 2.1
    • Horace, Satires, 2.3.122
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.1
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 2.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.34
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.38
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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