accubitatio

Latin

Etymology

accubitō (“I recline at the table”, stem: accubitāt-) +‎ -iō (suffix forming nouns of action)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ak.ku.biˈtaː.ti.oː/, [äkːʊbɪˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak.ku.biˈtat.t͡si.o/, [äkːubiˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

accubitātiō f (genitive accubitātiōnis); third declension

1. a reclining (at meals)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	accubitātiō	accubitātiōnēs
genitive	accubitātiōnis	accubitātiōnum
dative	accubitātiōnī	accubitātiōnibus
accusative	accubitātiōnem	accubitātiōnēs
ablative	accubitātiōne	accubitātiōnibus
vocative	accubitātiō	accubitātiōnēs

References

• “accubitatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• accubitatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.