-
probably stems from the verb
bibben "to drink" (c.1380), from the
Latin bibere,
either because it was worn
while drinking or
because it "soaked up" spills...
-
Roman standards; in the
legions he
earned the
nickname "Biberius" (from
bibere, "to drink"). This has led
modern writers to
conclude he
probably suffered...
-
related to the word barley, or that it was
somehow borrowed from
Latin bibere "to drink".
Christine Fell, in
Leeds Studies in
English (1975), suggests...
- pro
patria mori, sed
dulcius pro
patria vivere, et
dulcissimum pro
patria bibere. Ergo,
bibamus pro
salute patriae." A
reasonable English translation would...
- varba. A
famous medieval Latin saying states:
Beati hispani,
quibus vivere bibere est. Translation:
Fortunate are the Hispani, for whom
living is drinking...
-
quibus vivere bibere est" [Blessed (are the) Spaniards, for whom to live is to drink], with
variants such as "Beati Hispani, dum
bibere di**** vivere"...
- Vittoriano. This is
actually a part of the Via
Biberatica (from the
Latin bibo,
bibere meaning "to drink"; the
street was the
location for
several of the Roman...
- tense)/facevo(imperfect) (lat.facere/facio/faciēbam), bere/bevo/bevevo (
bibere/bibo/bibēbam), trarre/traggo/traevo (trahere/traho/trahēbam), durre/duco/ducevo[obs...
- Similarly, dire ("to say")
comes from dīcere, bere ("to drink")
comes from
bibere and
porre ("to put")
comes from pōnere.
Together with the
traditional patterns...
-
Divulgant apud hostes, hos
pertinaciter bella gerere,
humanum sanguinem bibere et, si
hostem adsequi non-possint,
proprium potare cruorum. Paul the Deacon...
