cubans
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cubans, (gen.), cubantis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lying, resting on the ground; low lying; sagging, sloping, liable to subside;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all) - Entry →cubo, cubare, cubui, cubitus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lie (down/asleep); recline, incline; lie/be in bed, rest/sleep; be sick/dead;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...mihi. perdormiscin usque ad lucem? facilen tu dormis cubans? MEN. Perdormisco, si resolvi argentum cui debeo..."Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...cubiculo atque in lecto mulieris, cum absente marito cubans sola condormisset, visum repente esse iuxta eam cubare ingentem..."Titus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...potione, qua Britannicus hausta periit, Titus quoque iuxta cubans gustasse credatur gravique morbo adflictatus diu. Quorum omnium..."Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...imperatoriis ex consuetudine fungeretur, ut etiam legationes audiret cubans, alvo repente usque ad defectionem soluta, imperatorem, ait stantem..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...ipsis fungitur officiis, praelambens omne quod adfert. ille cubans gaudet mutata sorte bonisque rebus agit laetum convivam..."
