noun · femininethird declension
accubitiō
accubitiō f (genitive accubitiōnis)
Meaning
- the act of lying or reclining
- a couch
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | accubitiō | accubitiōnēs |
| genitive | accubitiōnis | accubitiōnum |
| dative | accubitiōnī | accubitiōnibus |
| accusative | accubitiōnem | accubitiōnēs |
| ablative | accubitiōne | accubitiōnibus |
| vocative | accubitiō | accubitiōnēs |
accŭbĭtĭo, ōnis, f. accubo.
I. A lying or reclining, esp. at meals (in the Rom. manner, on the triclinium or accubitum):
accubitio epularis amicorum, Cic. de Sen. 13, 45; cf. Non. 193, 30; so Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94 (but in Off. 1, 35, 128, the MSS. give accubatio).—II. Concr., a couch, Lampr. Sev. 34; cf. accubitatio.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
accubitiō ōnis, f
accubo, a lying, reclining (at meals): epularis amicorum; absol: accubitio.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accubitiō From accumbō + -tiō.