concuba

Latin

Etymology

From concumbō (“I lie with”), from con- +‎ *cumbō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ku.ba/, [ˈkɔŋkʊbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ku.ba/, [ˈkɔŋkubä]

Noun

concuba f (genitive concubae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) concubine (Synonym of concubīna)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	concuba	concubae
genitive	concubae	concubārum
dative	concubae	concubīs
accusative	concubam	concubās
ablative	concubā	concubīs
vocative	concuba	concubae

References

• concuba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• concuba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.