verbthird conjugation, impersonal in the passive
concumbō
concumbō (present infinitive concumbere, perfect active concubuī, supine concubitum)
Classical[kɔŋˈkʊm.boː]Ecclesiastical[koŋˈkum.bo]
concubō
Meaning
- impersonalintransitiveto lie with (for sexual intercourse), share the bed of, sleep with
Dardanōn Ēlectra nescīret Atlantide nātum
Naturally, how could he not know that Dardanus was born of Electra, the daughter of Atlas? And that Electra had lain with Jupiter? (Ovid recounts the earliest mythological ancestors in the adopted lineage of Caesar Augustus. See Dardanus (son of Zeus) for a genealogical chart.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.31–32
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | concumbō | concumbēbam | concumbam | concubuī | concubueram | concubuerō |
| 2nd sg. | concumbis | concumbēbās | concumbēs | concubuistī | concubuerās | concubueris |
| 3rd sg. | concumbit | concumbēbat | concumbet | concubuit | concubuerat | concubuerit |
| 1st pl. | concumbimus | concumbēbāmus | concumbēmus | concubuimus | concubuerāmus | concubuerimus |
| 2nd pl. | concumbitis | concumbēbātis | concumbētis | concubuistis | concubuerātis | concubueritis |
| 3rd pl. | concumbunt | concumbēbant | concumbent | concubuērunt concubuēre | concubuerant | concubuerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | concumbam | concumberem | concubuerim | concubuissem |
| 2nd sg. | concumbās | concumberēs | concubuerīs | concubuissēs |
| 3rd sg. | concumbat | concumberet | concubuerit | concubuisset |
| 1st pl. | concumbāmus | concumberēmus | concubuerīmus | concubuissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | concumbātis | concumberētis | concubuerītis | concubuissētis |
| 3rd pl. | concumbant | concumberent | concubuerint | concubuissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | concumbitur | concumbēbātur | concumbētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | — | — | — |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | concumbātur | concumberētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | concumbe | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | concumbite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | concumbitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | concumbitō | concumbitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | concumbitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | concumbuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | concumbere | concumbī |
| perfect infinitive | concubuisse | concubitum esse |
| future infinitive | concubitūrum esse | concubitum īrī |
| present participle | concumbēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | concubitum concubita, concubitā, concubitae, concubitam, concubitārum, concubitās, concubite, concubitī, concubitīs, concubitō, concubitōrum, concubitōs, concubitus |
| future participle | concubitūrus | concumbendum concumbundum, concumbenda, concumbendā, concumbendae, concumbendam, concumbendārum, concumbendās, concumbende, concumbendīs, concumbendōrum, concumbendōs, concumbendus |
gerundconcumbendī, concumbendō, concumbendumsupineconcubitum, concubitū
con-cumbo, cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, 3, v. n.
I. Lit., to lie together, lie in numbers (very rare):
Evandri profugae concubuere boves, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 4.—II. To lie with (for sexual intercourse).
A. In tempp. pres. (rare).
(a). With dat.: Cinyrae. Ov. M. 10, 338.—
(b). Absol.:
concumbunt Graece, Juv. 6, 191: dicet ... quibus verbis concumbat quaeque, id. 6, 406: mulier oppressa concumbenti nullā voluntate consenserit, Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 19.—B. In tempp. perf. (referred by some to a present concubo, which is not found).
(a). With cum:
num aiunt (Eam) tecum post duobus concubuisse mensibus, Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 33; Cic. Fat. 13, 30: cum viro, id. Inv. 1, 29, 44: cum matre, Ov. M. 7, 386: cum vestris viris, id. A. A. 3, 522; Dig. 1, 6, 6.—(b). With dat.:
Egeriam justo concubuisse Numae, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 18: nudae deae, Prop. 2 (3), 15, 16.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
concumbō cubuī, cubitus, ere
CVB-, to lie together, lie with, cohabit, T., C., O., Iu., Pr.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latinconcumbō
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-der. Proto-Italic *kumbō Latin *cumbō Latin concumbo From con- + *cumbō.
In English words that came into English from concumbō
- concubineconcubīna