Imbibo, imbibis, pe. cor. imbibi, imbibitum. imbibere. Pli To drinke in: to receiue. in.Imbibere animo, per metaphoram.Cic.To conceiue in hys heade.Tantum certamen animis imbiberant. Li. They had conceiued such a stoutack against them.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
imbĭbo (inb-), bi, 3, v. a. [in-bibo], to drink in, imbibe.I.Lit. (post-Aug. and very rare): is nidor per infurnibulum imbibitur in vetere tussi, Plin. 24, 15, 85, 135.—B.Transf.: oculi imbibunt tenebras,
become darkened
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blind
, Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 13.—II.Trop., to imbibe, conceive (class.): de aliquo malam opinionem animo imbibere, Cic. Verr. 1, 14, 42: certamen animis, Liv. 2, 58, 6: paternas artes ingenio, Aus. Parent. 13.—B. In partic., to determine, resolve to do a thing (usually with an object-clause): quod si facere nolit atque imbiberit ejusmodi rationibus illum ad suas condiciones perducere, Cic. Quint. 6, 27: ut ex ira poenas petere imbibat acres, Lucr. 6, 72; 3, 997: neque immemor ejus, quod initio consulatus im biberat, reconciliandi animos plebis, Liv. 2, 47, 12.
