noun · neuterthird declension
cubīle
cubīle n (genitive cubīlis)
Classical[kʊˈbiː.ɫɛ]Ecclesiastical[kuˈbiː.le]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- bed
- broadlymarriage bed
- couch
- place of rest
- lair, kennel, hole (where an animal or creature of some kind rests)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
locus ubi dormīmus; etiam bēstiae cubīlia habent.cubīle -is n — in Mille Verba, Domus et Familia
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Cubile · Lectus
Cubile is a natural couch for men and animals, a place of rest, like κοίτη, εὐνή; lectus, an artificial couch, merely for men, a bed, like λέκτρον. (v. 279.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cubīle | cubīlia |
| genitive | cubīlis | cubīlium |
| dative | cubīlī | cubīlibus |
| accusative | cubīle | cubīlia |
| ablative | cubīlī | cubīlibus |
| vocative | cubīle | cubīlia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- e lecto or e cubīli surgere
- to rise from one's bed, get up.
cŭbīle, is, n. cubo,
I. a place of rest, a couch, bed.
I. Lit.
1. Of men, Lucr. 5, 814; 5, 985; Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90; 2, 17, 39; Liv. 30, 5, 10; Hor. S. 1, 3, 100; Curt. 5, 2, 15:
salutatorium, an audience - chamber, Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 38.—b. In partic., a marriage-bed, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 1; Cat. 61, 183; Verg. A. 3, 324; Ov. M. 2, 592; 10, 635 et saep.—
2. Of animals, the nest, lair, hole, kennel, etc.;
of the mouse: mus pusillus ... aetatem uni cubili numquam committit suam, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 16.—Of dogs, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 12 sq.; Phaedr. 1, 19, 9.—Of wild beasts, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126.— Of the elk, Caes. B. G. 6, 27.—Of the mole, Verg. G. 1, 183.—Of bees, Verg. G. 4, 243.— Of serpents, etc., Curt. 9, 3, 8 al.—3. Poet., the couch of the setting sun:
ad ortus Solis ab Hesperio cubili, Hor. C. 4, 15, 16; cf.: cubile noctis, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1140.—B. Transf., in arch., the joint or bed of a stone, beam, etc., Vitr. 2, 8; 4, 2; Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 96; cf. cubiculum, II. B.—
II. Trop.: avaritiae non jam vestigia, sed ipsa cubilia videre, the very den or lair, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190; cf. id. Clu. 30, 82:
quas (stragis) nos non vestigiis odorantes ingressus tuos, sed totis volutationibus corporis et cubilibus persecuti sumus, id. Pis. 34, 83 al.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cubīle is, n
CVB-, a place of rest, couch, bed: suum: filiae: (Fennis) cubile humus, Ta.: patrium, O.—The marriage bed: viduum, O.: sociare cubilia cum alqo, contract marriage, O.—A nest, lair, hole, kennel; of the vulture, Iu.; of dogs, Ph.; of wild beasts, C.: (alcibus) sunt arbores pro cubilibus, Cs.; of the mole, V.; of bees, V.— Poet.: Solis, H.—Fig.: avaritiae cubilia videre, the very lair: (pecuniae), resting-place.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*kubāō
- Latincubīle
Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -īlis Latin -īle Latin cubīle From cubō (“to lie down”) + -īle.
Descendants
- Italiancovile
- Portuguesecovil
- Spanishcobija
- Spanishcubil
- Englishcubile
- Asturiancobil
In English words that came into English from cubīle
- cubilosecubīle