(adjective) : bĭbŭlus, a, um, 1. bibo.
* Lit., drinking readily, freely (poet. or in postAug. prose): bibulus Falerni,Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 34: potores,id. ib. 1, 18, 91.—More freq.
* Transf., of inanim. things, that sucks in or absorbs moisture: harena,sand that imbibes, drinks up moisture,Lucr. 2, 376; Verg. G. 1, 114; Ov. M. 13, 901: lapis,a stone that absorbs moisture,Verg. G. 2, 348 (qui harenarius vocatur, Serv.); Col. 3, 15, 4: litus,Ov. H. 16 (17), 139: favilla,Verg. A. 6, 227: radix,Ov. M. 14, 632: talaria,moistened,id. ib. 4, 730: medulla,id. ib. 4, 744: ollae bibulae aut male coctae,Col. 12, 45, 3: papyrus,growing in moist places,Luc. 4, 136: charta,blotting-paper,Plin. Ep. 8, 15, 2; cf. Isid. Orig. 6, 10, 1: taenia papyri,Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81: nubes,Ov. M. 14, 368 (cf. 1. bibo, B. 1.): lanae, absorbing or taking color, id. ib. 6, 9 (v. poto).
* Trop., of hearing (cf. 1. bibo, II.): aures,ready to hear, listening,Pers. 4, 50.

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