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imbŭo (inb- ), ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. in- and root biv-; cf. bibo, and Gr. πίνω,
I.to wet, moisten, dip, tinge, touch, etc. (class.; cf.: inficio, infusco).
I. Lit.: “liquoribus lanam,Col. 9, 14, 15: tapetes, quos concha purpura imbuens venenavit, Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 20, 9, 3: “cados amurca,Plin. 15, 8, 8, § 33: “guttura lacte,Ov. Ib. 131: “imbuti sanguine gladii legionum vel madefacti potius,wet, or rather dripping with blood, Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6: “sanguis novus imbuit arma,Verg. A. 7, 554: “sanguine manus,Vell. 2, 20, 1: “vestis imbuta sanguine,Ov. M. 9, 153: “munus tabo imbutum,Hor. Epod. 5, 65: “tela imbuta veneno,Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 77: “oscula, quae Venus Quinta parte sui nectaris imbuit,Hor. C. 1, 13, 16: “odore imbuta Testa,id. Ep. 1, 2, 69.—With Gr. acc.: “alium quae sunt inbuta colorem,Lucr. 2, 734 Munro.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen., to fill, tinge, stain, taint, infect, imbue, imbrue with any thing (esp. freq. in part. perf.): morte manus, Att. ap. Non. 521, 8; cf.: “gladium scelere,Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20: “talibus promissis aures militum,Curt. 4, 10, 17: “militum sanguine manus,id. 3, 8, 5.—
B. In partic.
2. To do any thing for the first time, explore, essay, set the example (poet.): “illa rudem cursu prima imbuit Amphitriten,was the first to navigate, Cat. 64, 11: “terras vomere,to plough first, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 52; Val. Fl. 1, 69: “phialam nectare,to fill first, Mart. 8, 51, 17: bellum sanguine, to initiate, i. e. to begin, Verg. A. 7, 542; cf. ib. 554: “juvenem primo Hymenaeo (conjux),Sil. 3, 65: “imbuis exemplum primae tu, Romule, palmae,begin, set the example, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 5.opus,Ov. A. A. 1, 654.—
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    • Cicero, Philippics, 10.10.20
    • Cicero, Philippics, 5.7.20
    • Cicero, For Marcus Fonteius, 14.31
    • Cicero, For King Deiotarius, 10.28
    • Cicero, For Milo, 4.10
    • Cicero, Philippics, 14.3.6
    • Cicero, Philippics, 3.3.4
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.153
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 2.2
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.542
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.554
    • Tacitus, Annales, 12.32
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.36
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.85
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 5.5
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.39
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.102
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.502
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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 15.33
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 8.14.5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 41, 15.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 26
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 31.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 2.13
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 2.11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 21.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 11.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 39
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    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1.69
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 2.16
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 20.9.3
    • Ovid, Tristia, 3.11
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    • Columella, Res Rustica, 9.14.15
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 3.8.5
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 4.10.17
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