LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, no perfect or supine stems, impersonal in the passive

accubō

accubō (present infinitive accubāre)
Classical[ˈak.kʊ.boː]Ecclesiastical[ˈak.ku.bo]

Meaning

  1. impersonalintransitiveto lie or recline by, with, on or near something; relax
    Haud consimili ingenio atque ille est qui in lupanari accubat.He's not at all of the same nature as he who relaxes in the brothel.c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 3.3.50
  2. impersonalto recline at a meal or dinner, on a Roman lectus; (absolutely) to dine, have a meal

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ad mēnsam recumbō
accubō -āre — in Epistulae, ch. 16

Conjugation conjugation 1 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.accubōaccubābamaccubābō———
2nd sg.accubāsaccubābāsaccubābis———
3rd sg.accubataccubābataccubābit———
1st pl.accubāmusaccubābāmusaccubābimus———
2nd pl.accubātisaccubābātisaccubābitis———
3rd pl.accubantaccubābantaccubābunt———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.accubemaccubārem——
2nd sg.accubēsaccubārēs——
3rd sg.accubetaccubāret——
1st pl.accubēmusaccubārēmus——
2nd pl.accubētisaccubārētis——
3rd pl.accubentaccubārent——
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.———
2nd sg.———
3rd sg.accubāturaccubābāturaccubābitur
1st pl.———
2nd pl.———
3rd pl.———
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.——
2nd sg.——
3rd sg.accubēturaccubārētur
1st pl.——
2nd pl.——
3rd pl.——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.accubā—
pres. 2nd pl.accubāte—
fut. 2nd sg.accubātō—
fut. 3rd sg.accubātōaccubātor
fut. 2nd pl.accubātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.accubantō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveaccubāreaccubārī
present participleaccubāns—
future participle—accubandum
gerundaccubandī, accubandō, accubandum

ac-cŭbo (adc.), āre, 1, v. n., t. t. (the forms accubui and accubitum belong to accumbo),
I. to lie near or by a thing.
I. In gen., constr. with dat. or absol.: quoi bini castodes semper accubant, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 57: Furiarum maxima juxta accubat, Verg. A. 6, 606: accubantes effodiunt, Plin. 35, 6, 19, § 37.—Rarely with acc.: lectum, App. M. 5, p. 160.—Of things: nigrum nemus, Verg. G. 3, 334: cadus (vini), Hor. C. 4, 12, 18.—Also of places (for adjacere): theatrum Tarpeio monti accubans, Suet. Caes. 44.—Esp.
II. To recline at table (in the Rom. manner): accubantes in conviviis, Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10; so, in convivio, Nep. Pel. 3, 2; Cic. Tusc. 3, 23: morem apud majores hunc epularum fuisse, ut deinceps, qui accubarent, canerent ad tibiam, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; cf.: regulus accubans epulari coepit, Liv. 41, 2, 12; so, absol., Plaut. Stich. 2, 3, 53; Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 2; Suet. Caes. 49 al.: cum aliquo, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 72: infra, Liv. 39, 43, 3: contra, Suet. Aug. 98.—
B. To lie with, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 39; 3, 3, 50; Suet. Vesp. 21.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinaccubō

Proto-Italic *kubāō Latin cubō Latin accubō From ad- + cubō (“lie down”).

Descendants
  • Galicianacougar
  • Old Frenchacoveter

In English words that came into English from accubō

  • accubationaccubatiō

Quick answers

What does accubō mean in Latin?
accubō, a verb, means “to lie or recline by, with, on or near something; relax; to recline at a meal or dinner, on a Roman lectus”.
What are the principal parts of accubō?
accubō, accubāre (first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems, impersonal in the passive).
How do you pronounce accubō?
In classical Latin, [ˈak.kʊ.boː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈak.ku.bo].
Where does accubō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin accubō.