LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

prōcumbō

prōcumbō (present infinitive prōcumbere, perfect active prōcubuī, supine prōcubitum)
Classical[proːˈkʊm.boː]Ecclesiastical[proˈkum.bo]

Meaning

  1. to fall forward
  2. to sink down
  3. to prostrate (oneself)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.prōcumbōprōcumbēbamprōcumbamprōcubuīprōcubueramprōcubuerō
2nd sg.prōcumbisprōcumbēbāsprōcumbēsprōcubuistīprōcubuerāsprōcubueris
3rd sg.prōcumbitprōcumbēbatprōcumbetprōcubuitprōcubueratprōcubuerit
1st pl.prōcumbimusprōcumbēbāmusprōcumbēmusprōcubuimusprōcubuerāmusprōcubuerimus
2nd pl.prōcumbitisprōcumbēbātisprōcumbētisprōcubuistisprōcubuerātisprōcubueritis
3rd pl.prōcumbuntprōcumbēbantprōcumbentprōcubuērunt
prōcubuēre		prōcubuerantprōcubuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.prōcumbamprōcumberemprōcubuerimprōcubuissem
2nd sg.prōcumbāsprōcumberēsprōcubuerīsprōcubuissēs
3rd sg.prōcumbatprōcumberetprōcubueritprōcubuisset
1st pl.prōcumbāmusprōcumberēmusprōcubuerīmusprōcubuissēmus
2nd pl.prōcumbātisprōcumberētisprōcubuerītisprōcubuissētis
3rd pl.prōcumbantprōcumberentprōcubuerintprōcubuissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.prōcumborprōcumbēbarprōcumbar
2nd sg.prōcumberis
prōcumbere		prōcumbēbāris
prōcumbēbāre		prōcumbēris
prōcumbēre
3rd sg.prōcumbiturprōcumbēbāturprōcumbētur
1st pl.prōcumbimurprōcumbēbāmurprōcumbēmur
2nd pl.prōcumbiminīprōcumbēbāminīprōcumbēminī
3rd pl.prōcumbunturprōcumbēbanturprōcumbentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.prōcumbarprōcumberer
2nd sg.prōcumbāris
prōcumbāre		prōcumberēris
prōcumberēre
3rd sg.prōcumbāturprōcumberētur
1st pl.prōcumbāmurprōcumberēmur
2nd pl.prōcumbāminīprōcumberēminī
3rd pl.prōcumbanturprōcumberentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.prōcumbeprōcumbere
pres. 2nd pl.prōcumbiteprōcumbiminī
fut. 2nd sg.prōcumbitōprōcumbitor
fut. 3rd sg.prōcumbitōprōcumbitor
fut. 2nd pl.prōcumbitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.prōcumbuntōprōcumbuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveprōcumbereprōcumbī
perfect infinitiveprōcubuisseprōcubitum esse
future infinitiveprōcubitūrum esseprōcubitum īrī
present participleprōcumbēns—
perfect participle—prōcubitus
prōcubita, prōcubitā, prōcubitae, prōcubitam, prōcubitārum, prōcubitās, prōcubite, prōcubitī, prōcubitīs, prōcubitō, prōcubitōrum, prōcubitōs
future participleprōcubitūrus
prōcubitūra, prōcubitūrā, prōcubitūrae, prōcubitūram, prōcubitūrārum, prōcubitūrās, prōcubitūre, prōcubitūrī, prōcubitūrīs, prōcubitūrō, prōcubitūrōrum, prōcubitūrōs, prōcubitūrum		prōcumbendus
prōcumbundus, prōcumbenda, prōcumbendā, prōcumbendae, prōcumbendam, prōcumbendārum, prōcumbendās, prōcumbende, prōcumbendīs, prōcumbendōrum, prōcumbendōs
gerundprōcumbendī, prōcumbendō, prōcumbendumsupineprōcubitum, prōcubitū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

humi procumbere
to fall on the ground.
ad pedes alicuius se proicere, se abicere, procumbere, se prosternere
to throw oneself at some one's feet.

prō-cumbo, cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, 3, v. n.
I. Lit., to fall forwards, fall or sink down, to prostrate one's self; of the wounded, the dying, suppliants, etc. (class.; cf.; cado, ruo): procumbunt Gallis omnibus ad pedes Bituriges, ne pulcherrimam urbem succendere cogerentur, Caes. B. G. 7, 15: genibus, Ov M. 13, 585: ad genua alicujus, Liv 25, 7: ad pedes alicujus, Gell. 10, 15, 10: ante pedes, Ov. M. 10, 415; Petr. 30: templis, Tib. 1, 5, 41 (1, 2, 83): qui vulneribus confecti procubuissent, Caes. B. G. 2, 27; so, in genua, Curt. 9, 5, 13: Coroebus Penelei dextrā Procumbit, Verg. A. 2, 424.—With dat. (post-Aug.): sibi tres legiones procubuisse, had yielded, Tac. A. 1, 59: veteranae cohortes, quibus nuper Othonis legiones procubuerint, id. H. 4, 17.—Poet., to fall upon, attack, Mart. 1, 60, 3.—To lean or bend forwards: olli certamine summo Procumbunt, i.e. they bend to their oars, Verg. A. 5, 197.—
B. Transf., of inanimate subjects, to lean forwards, bend down, sink, to be beaten or broken down (class.): tigna prona ac fastigiata, ut secundum naturam fluminis procumberent, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: frumenta imbribus procubuerant, i.e. were beaten down, id. ib. 6, 43: ne gravidis procumbat culmus aristis, Verg. G. 1, 111: ulmus in aram ipsam procumbebat, Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132.— Of buildings: (domus) in domini procubuit caput, Ov. P. 1, 9, 14: tecta super habitantes, Quint. 2, 16, 6; Plin. Pan. 50, 3; Ov. M. 13, 176.—
2. To be upset, break down; of a vehicle: nam si procubuit qui saxa Ligustica portat Axis, Juv 3, 257.—
II. Trop., to fall or sink down (poet. and post-Aug.): procumbere in voluptates, to sink into sen suality, Sen. Ep. 18, 2: procumbentem rem publicam restituere, sinking, Vell. 2, 16, 4: res procubuere meae, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 2.—
B. To extend, spread: mons Haemus vasto jugo procumbens in Pontum, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 45: planities sub radicibus montium spatiosa procumbit, Curt. 5, 4, 6.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  6. Proto-Italic*pro-
  7. Latinprōcumbō

Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-der. Proto-Italic *kumbō Latin *cumbō Latin prōcumbō From prō- + *cumbō.

Quick answers

What does prōcumbō mean in Latin?
prōcumbō, a verb, means “to fall forward; to sink down; to prostrate (oneself)”.
What are the principal parts of prōcumbō?
prōcumbō, prōcumbere, prōcubuī, prōcubitum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce prōcumbō?
In classical Latin, [proːˈkʊm.boː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [proˈkum.bo].
Where does prōcumbō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *pér → Proto-Indo-European *pró → Proto-Indo-European *pro- → Proto-Italic *pro- → Latin prōcumbō.