accubo

Latin

Alternative forms

• adcubō

Etymology

From ad- +‎ cubō (“lie down”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈak.ku.boː/, [ˈäkːʊboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈak.ku.bo/, [ˈäkːubo]

Verb

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

1. to lie or recline by, with, on or near something; relax
   • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 3.3:

     […] qui in lupanari accubat.

     […] who relaxes in the brothel.

2. (intransitive, by extension) to recline at a table

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		—		—

Synonyms

• (I recline at a table): accubitō, accumbō

Derived terms

• accubātiō
• accubitālia
• accubitiō
• accubitōrius
• accubitum
• accubitus
• accubuō

Related terms

• accubitātiō
• dēcubō
• excubō
• incubō
• occubō
• prōcubō
• recubō
• sēcubō
• succubō
• supercubō

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.