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cibo

cibo

to give food to animals

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What it meant

cĭbo — Lewis & Short

cĭbo, no

I perf., ātum, 1, v. a. cibus, to give food to animals, to feed or fodder (rare): genera avium, Col. 8, 10 fin.: locustae utiles cibandis pullis, id. 8, 11, 15: draconem manu suă, Suet. Tib. 72.—In pass.: cibari, to take food, Liv. Epit. 19.—
II With men as objects (late Lat.), Vulg. Prov. 25, 21; id. Rom. 12, 20.

Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. cibo (scan p. 369; entry #5823).

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