concumbo

Latin

Alternative forms

• concubō (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From con- +‎ *cumbō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈkum.boː/, [kɔŋˈkʊmboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈkum.bo/, [koŋˈkumbo]

Verb

concumbō (present infinitive concumbere, perfect active concubuī, supine concubitum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive

1. (intransitive) to lie with (for sexual intercourse), share the bed of, sleep with
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.31–32:

     Dardanōn Ēlectra nescīret Atlantide nātum
     scīlicet, Ēlectram concubuisse Iovī?

     Naturally, how could he not know that Dardanus was born of Electra, the daughter of Atlas? And that Electra had lain with Jupiter?
     (Ovid recounts the earliest mythological ancestors in the adopted lineage of Caesar Augustus. See Dardanus (son of Zeus) for a genealogical chart.)

Conjugation

• This verb does not have passive forms in Classical Latin.
• Impersonal passives are found (rarely) in Medieval Latin.

   Conjugation of concumbō (third conjugation, impersonal in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	concumbō		concumbis		concumbit		concumbimus		concumbitis		concumbunt
	imperfect	concumbēbam		concumbēbās		concumbēbat		concumbēbāmus		concumbēbātis		concumbēbant
	future	concumbam		concumbēs		concumbet		concumbēmus		concumbētis		concumbent
	perfect	concubuī		concubuistī		concubuit		concubuimus		concubuistis		concubuēre, concubuērunt
	pluperfect	concubueram		concubuerās		concubuerat		concubuerāmus		concubuerātis		concubuerant
	future perfect	concubuerō		concubueris		concubuerit		concubuerimus		concubueritis		concubuerint
passive	present	—		—		concumbitur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		concumbēbātur		—		—		—
	future	—		—		concumbētur		—		—		—
	perfect	—		—		concubitum est		—		—		—
	pluperfect	—		—		concubitum erat		—		—		—
	future perfect	—		—		concubitum erit		—		—		—
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	concumbam		concumbās		concumbat		concumbāmus		concumbātis		concumbant
	imperfect	concumberem		concumberēs		concumberet		concumberēmus		concumberētis		concumberent
	perfect	concubuerim		concubuerīs		concubuerit		concubuerīmus		concubuerītis		concubuerint
	pluperfect	concubuissem		concubuissēs		concubuisset		concubuissēmus		concubuissētis		concubuissent
passive	present	—		—		concumbātur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		concumberētur		—		—		—
	perfect	—		—		concubitum sit		—		—		—
	pluperfect	—		—		concubitum esset		—		—		—
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		concumbe		—		—		concumbite		—
	future	—		concumbitō		concumbitō		—		concumbitōte		concumbuntō
passive	future	—		—		concumbitor		—		—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		concumbere			concumbī			concumbēns			—
future		concubitūrum esse			concubitum īrī			concubitūrus			concumbendum, concumbundum
perfect		concubuisse			concubitum esse			—			concubitum
future perfect		—			concubitum fore			—			—
perfect potential		concubitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		concumbendī		concumbendō		concumbendum		concumbendō		concubitum		concubitū

Derived terms

• concuba
• concubitus
• concubīna

References

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