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 stem, 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 supine stem, no perfect stem, impersonal in 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
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		accubāre	—	—	accubārī	—	—
participles		accubāns	—	—	—	—	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.