adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
concubius
concubius (feminine concubia, neuter concubium)
Classical[kɔŋˈkʊ.bi.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[koŋˈkuː.bi.us]
Meaning
- adjectiveOf or belonging to lying in sleep
- adjectiveOf or belonging to the time of sleep
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | concubius | concubia | concubium |
| genitive | concubiī | concubiae | concubiī |
| dative | concubiō | concubiae | concubiō |
| accusative | concubium | concubiam | concubium |
| ablative | concubiō | concubiā | concubiō |
| vocative | concubie | concubia | concubium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | concubiī | concubiae | concubia |
| genitive | concubiōrum | concubiārum | concubiōrum |
| dative | concubiīs | concubiīs | concubiīs |
| accusative | concubiōs | concubiās | concubia |
| ablative | concubiīs | concubiīs | concubiīs |
| vocative | concubiī | concubiae | concubia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- intempesta, concubia nocte
- in the dead of night; at midnight.
concŭbĭus, a, um, adj. concubo,
I. of or belonging to lying in sleep, or to the time of sleep.
I. As adj. only in the connection concubiā nocte (rarely: nocte concubiā, nocte in concubiā, noctu concubiā; v. the foll.), at the time of the first sleep, in the first sleep, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 91, 22 (primi somni, Non.); Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57; Liv. 25, 9, 8; Tac. H. 3, 69; Just. 22, 8, 8:
nocte concubiā, Tac. A. 1, 39: nocte in concubiā, Plin. 29, 6, 34, § 110: noctu concubiā, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 170 Vahl.).—II. As subst.: concŭbĭum, ii, n. (sc. tempus), that part of the night in which the first sleep falls upon men:
si ante lucem occupias ... concubium sit noctis prius quam, etc., Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 44: concubium appellarunt, quod omnes fere tunc cubarent, Varr. L. L. 6, § 7 Müll.; cf. id. ib. 7, § 78 ib.; Censor. de Die Nat. 24; Macr. S. 1, 3 fin.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 268.—Hence, B. = concubitus, coition (perhaps only in the foll. exs.), Enn. ap. Non. p. 342, 23 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.); Gell. 9, 10, 4.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
concubius adj.
CVB-, of lying in sleep.— Only in the phrase, concubiā nocte, in the first sleep, C., Ta.: movere concubiā nocte, to march early in the night, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin concubius From concumbō (“lie with”) + -ius.