LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

recumbō

recumbō (present infinitive recumbere, perfect active recubuī)
Classical[rɛˈkʊm.boː]Ecclesiastical[reˈkum.bo]

Meaning

  1. to lie back, to recline
  2. to sink down, to fall down

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.recumbōrecumbēbamrecumbamrecubuīrecubueramrecubuerō
2nd sg.recumbisrecumbēbāsrecumbēsrecubuistīrecubuerāsrecubueris
3rd sg.recumbitrecumbēbatrecumbetrecubuitrecubueratrecubuerit
1st pl.recumbimusrecumbēbāmusrecumbēmusrecubuimusrecubuerāmusrecubuerimus
2nd pl.recumbitisrecumbēbātisrecumbētisrecubuistisrecubuerātisrecubueritis
3rd pl.recumbuntrecumbēbantrecumbentrecubuērunt
recubuēre		recubuerantrecubuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.recumbamrecumberemrecubuerimrecubuissem
2nd sg.recumbāsrecumberēsrecubuerīsrecubuissēs
3rd sg.recumbatrecumberetrecubueritrecubuisset
1st pl.recumbāmusrecumberēmusrecubuerīmusrecubuissēmus
2nd pl.recumbātisrecumberētisrecubuerītisrecubuissētis
3rd pl.recumbantrecumberentrecubuerintrecubuissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.recumbe—
pres. 2nd pl.recumbite—
fut. 2nd sg.recumbitō—
fut. 3rd sg.recumbitō—
fut. 2nd pl.recumbitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.recumbuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiverecumbere—
perfect infinitiverecubuisse—
present participlerecumbēns—
gerundrecumbendī, recumbendō, recumbendum

rĕ-cumbo, cŭbui, 3, v. n. cumbo, cubo,
I. to lay one's self back, lie down again; to lie down.
I. Of persons.
A. In gen. (class.): eum primo perterritum somno surrexisse, dein, cum se collegisset ... recubuisse, etc., Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57: in cubiculo, id. Deiot. 15, 42: in exedrā lectulo posito, id. de Or. 3, 5, 17: in herbā, id. ib. 2, 71, 287: spondā sibi propiore recumbit, Ov. F. 2, 345: tauros medio recumbere sulco, to sink down, id. M. 7, 539; cf.: mulier sopita recumbit, sinks into sleep, Lucr. 6, 794.—
B. In partic., to recline at table: in triclinio, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61: rediit hora dicta, recubuit, Phaedr. 4, 23, 19; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 1; id. C. 3, 3, 11; Plin. Ep. 4, 22, 4; 4, 30, 3; 9, 23, 4; Just. 43, 1, 4; Vulg. Johan. 21, 20.—
II. Of inanim. things, to fall or sink down (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): ne (pons) supinus eat cavāque in palude recumbat, Cat. 17, 4; cf. Verg. A. 9, 713: onus (domūs quassatae) in proclinatas partes, Ov. Tr. 2, 84: at nebulae magis ima petunt campoque recumbunt, sink, settle down, Verg. G. 1, 401; cf.: minax ponto Unda, Hor. C. 1, 12, 32: pelagus, Sen. Thyest. 589: (juba) dextro jactata recumbit in armo, falls, rolls down, Verg. G. 3, 86; cf.: in umeros cervix collapsa recumbit, sinks back, reclines, id. A. 9, 434: cervix umero, Ov. M. 10, 195: vitem in terram recumbere, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 259: jugera Martialis longo Janiculi jugo recumbunt, descend, slope down, Mart. 4, 64, 3; cf.: duro monti recumbens Narnia, Sil. 8, 459.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinrecumbō

Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-der. Proto-Italic *kumbō Latin *cumbō Latin recumbō From re- + *cumbō.

Descendants
  • Englishrecumb

Quick answers

What does recumbō mean in Latin?
recumbō, a verb, means “to lie back, to recline; to sink down, to fall down”.
What are the principal parts of recumbō?
recumbō, recumbere, recubuī (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce recumbō?
In classical Latin, [rɛˈkʊm.boː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈkum.bo].
Where does recumbō come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin recumbō.