decumbo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ *cumbō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈkum.boː/, [d̪eːˈkʊmboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈkum.bo/, [d̪eˈkumbo]

Verb

dēcumbō (present infinitive dēcumbere, perfect active dēcubuī); third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

1. to lie down or recline
2. to fall (in a fight)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēcumbō (third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēcumbō	dēcumbis	dēcumbit	dēcumbimus	dēcumbitis	dēcumbunt
	imperfect	dēcumbēbam	dēcumbēbās	dēcumbēbat	dēcumbēbāmus	dēcumbēbātis	dēcumbēbant
	future	dēcumbam	dēcumbēs	dēcumbet	dēcumbēmus	dēcumbētis	dēcumbent
	perfect	dēcubuī	dēcubuistī	dēcubuit	dēcubuimus	dēcubuistis	dēcubuērunt, dēcubuēre
	pluperfect	dēcubueram	dēcubuerās	dēcubuerat	dēcubuerāmus	dēcubuerātis	dēcubuerant
	future perfect	dēcubuerō	dēcubueris	dēcubuerit	dēcubuerimus	dēcubueritis	dēcubuerint
passive	present	—	—	dēcumbitur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	dēcumbēbātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	dēcumbētur	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēcumbam	dēcumbās	dēcumbat	dēcumbāmus	dēcumbātis	dēcumbant
	imperfect	dēcumberem	dēcumberēs	dēcumberet	dēcumberēmus	dēcumberētis	dēcumberent
	perfect	dēcubuerim	dēcubuerīs	dēcubuerit	dēcubuerīmus	dēcubuerītis	dēcubuerint
	pluperfect	dēcubuissem	dēcubuissēs	dēcubuisset	dēcubuissēmus	dēcubuissētis	dēcubuissent
passive	present	—	—	dēcumbātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	dēcumberētur	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēcumbe	—	—	dēcumbite	—
	future	—	dēcumbitō	dēcumbitō	—	dēcumbitōte	dēcumbuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēcumbere	dēcubuisse	—	dēcumbī	—	—
participles		dēcumbēns	—	—	—	—	dēcumbendum, dēcumbundum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēcumbendī	dēcumbendō	dēcumbendum	dēcumbendō	—	—

References

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