LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

cumbō

*cumbō (present infinitive *cumbere, perfect active *cubuī, supine *cubitum)

Meaning

  1. reconstructionto lie down, recline

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.cumbōcumbēbamcumbamcubuīcubueramcubuerō
2nd sg.cumbiscumbēbāscumbēscubuistīcubuerāscubueris
3rd sg.cumbitcumbēbatcumbetcubuitcubueratcubuerit
1st pl.cumbimuscumbēbāmuscumbēmuscubuimuscubuerāmuscubuerimus
2nd pl.cumbitiscumbēbātiscumbētiscubuistiscubuerātiscubueritis
3rd pl.cumbuntcumbēbantcumbentcubuērunt
cubuēre
cubuerantcubuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.cumbamcumberemcubuerimcubuissem
2nd sg.cumbāscumberēscubuerīscubuissēs
3rd sg.cumbatcumberetcubueritcubuisset
1st pl.cumbāmuscumberēmuscubuerīmuscubuissēmus
2nd pl.cumbātiscumberētiscubuerītiscubuissētis
3rd pl.cumbantcumberentcubuerintcubuissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.cumborcumbēbarcumbar
2nd sg.cumberis
cumbere
cumbēbāris
cumbēbāre
cumbēris
cumbēre
3rd sg.cumbiturcumbēbāturcumbētur
1st pl.cumbimurcumbēbāmurcumbēmur
2nd pl.cumbiminīcumbēbāminīcumbēminī
3rd pl.cumbunturcumbēbanturcumbentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.cumbarcumberer
2nd sg.cumbāris
cumbāre
cumberēris
cumberēre
3rd sg.cumbāturcumberētur
1st pl.cumbāmurcumberēmur
2nd pl.cumbāminīcumberēminī
3rd pl.cumbanturcumberentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.cumbecumbere
pres. 2nd pl.cumbitecumbiminī
fut. 2nd sg.cumbitōcumbitor
fut. 3rd sg.cumbitōcumbitor
fut. 2nd pl.cumbitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.cumbuntōcumbuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecumberecumbī
perfect infinitivecubuissecubitum esse
future infinitivecubitūrum essecubitum īrī
present participlecumbēns—
perfect participle—cubitus
future participlecubitūruscumbendus
cumbundus
gerundcumbendī, cumbendō, cumbendumsupinecubitum, cubitū

Origins

From Proto-Italic *kumbō, from a nasal infix present *ḱu-né-b-ti, *ḱu-m-b-énti of Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“to lie down”). Cognate with Proto-Italic *kubāō (“to lie down”), as well as Proto-Celtic *kuxsketi (“to sleep”). Attested only in prefixed verbs.

Descendants
  • Gothic𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌼𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽

Quick answers

What does cumbō mean in Latin?
cumbō, a verb, means “to lie down, recline”.
What are the principal parts of cumbō?
cumbō, *cumbere, *cubuī, *cubitum (third conjugation).