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occumbo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From ob- +‎ *cumbō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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occumbō (present infinitive occumbere, perfect active occubuī, supine occubitum); third conjugation

  1. to fall or sink down
  2. to fall dying
    Synonyms: morior, pereō, dēfungor, occidō, intereō, dēcēdō, cadō, exspīrō, discēdō, dēficiō

Conjugation

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References

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  • occumbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • occumbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • occumbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to die for one's country: mortem occumbere pro patria