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occubo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From ob- +‎ cubō (lie down, rest).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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occubō (present infinitive occubāre, perfect active occubuī, supine occubitum); first conjugation

  1. to lie or fall in, on, or down, especially in the grave; rest, repose
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.363–364:
      ‘vīdimus ōrnātōs aerāta per ātria picta
      veste triumphālēs occubuisse senēs’
      “We have seen [them], adorned in their embroidered [robes], fallen dead throughout the bronze-covered halls: [those] oft-honored old veterans.”
      (The poetic voice of Mars is addressing Jupiter. The Gauls, having invaded Rome, have attacked elderly veterans who had had military triumphs, “senēs triumphālēs”; these vets were dressed in their symbolic garments, “ōrnātōs picta”; and it happened throughout the halls of state, “per ātria aerāta”. In other words, such enemy brutality is an affront to human dignity and Roman honor.)

Conjugation

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References

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