accubo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- +‎ cubō (“lie down”).

Pronunciation

Verb

accubō (present infinitive accubāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems, impersonal in the passive

  1. (intransitive) to lie or recline by, with, on or near something; relax [with dative; or (rare) with accusative]
    • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 3.3.50:
      Haud consimili ingenio atque ille est qui in lupanari accubat.
      He's not at all of the same nature as he who relaxes in the brothel.
  2. to recline at a meal or dinner, on a Roman lectus; (absolutely) to dine, have a meal
    Synonyms: accubitō, accumbō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of accubō (first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems, impersonal in the passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present accubō accubās accubat accubāmus accubātis accubant
imperfect accubābam accubābās accubābat accubābāmus accubābātis accubābant
future accubābō accubābis accubābit accubābimus accubābitis accubābunt
passive present — — accubātur — — —
imperfect — — accubābātur — — —
future — — accubābitur — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present accubem accubēs accubet accubēmus accubētis accubent
imperfect accubārem accubārēs accubāret accubārēmus accubārētis accubārent
passive present — — accubētur — — —
imperfect — — accubārētur — — —
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — accubā — — accubāte —
future — accubātō accubātō — accubātōte accubantō
passive future — — accubātor — — —
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present accubāre accubārī accubāns —
future — — — accubandum
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
accubandī accubandō accubandum accubandō — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Galician: acougar
  • Old French: acoveter

References

  • “accubo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “accubo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “accubo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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