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sorbĕo, ŭi, 2 (collat. forms: pres. subj. sorbamus, App. M. 2, p. 119; perf. sorpsi, acc. to Charis. p. 217, and Diom. p. 363; cf. the compounds), v. a. [akin with Gr. ῤοφέω; cf. O. H. Germ. swarb, swirbil, whirlpool], to sup up, suck in, drink down, swallow (freq. and class.).
sorbĭlis, e, adj. [sorbeo], that may be sucked or supped up (not ante-Aug.): ovum, Cels. 2, 18 med.; Petr. 33, 5: cibi, ut recens caseus, Col. 8, 17, 13.
sorbillo, āre, v. dim. a. [id.], to sip (ante- and post-class.).
sorbĭlō, adv. [sorbeo], sippingly; hence, transf., drop by drop, bit by bit (ante-class.): victitare, i. e. poorly, sparely, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 185: senectutem ducat usque ad senium sorbilo, Caecil. ap. Fest. p. 339 Müll. (Com. Rel. v. 73 Rib.).
sorbĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [sorbeo; a supping up, swallowing, drinking; hence, concr.], a drink, draught, potion, broth, etc. (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.), Cato, R. R. 157, 13; Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 79; Col. 6, 10, 1; Cels. 2, 30; Plin. 20, 16, 62, § 170; 24, 19, 120, § 188; Phaedr. 1, 26, 5; Sen. Ep. 78, 25: sorbitio quem tollit dira cicutae, i. e. Socrates, Pers. 4, 2.
* sorbĭtĭum, ii, n. [sorbeo; a supping up, swallowing, drinking; hence, concr.], = sorbitio, a drink, draught, Ser. Samm. 21, 360 dub. (al. sorbitio).
sorbĭtĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [sorbitio], a small draught (post-class.), Marc. Emp. 10 med.; Hier. Vit. Hilar. 11; Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 6.
sorbum, i, n. [sorbus], the fruit of the sorbus, a sorb-apple, sorb, service-berry, Plin. 15, 21, 23, § 85; Cato, R. R. 7, 5; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 3; Col. 12, 16, 4; Verg. G. 3, 380.
sorbus, i, f., the true sorb- or servicetree: Sorbus domestica, Linn.; Col. 5, 10, 19; Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 74; Pall. Jan. 15, 1 al.