cubitas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cubito, cubitare, cubitavi, cubitatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
recline, lie down, take rest, sleep; lie down often; lie/sleep (sexual);
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd - 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. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...historiarum inventum esse sub terra scripsit Oresti corpus cubita longitudinis habens septem, quae faciunt pedes duodecim et quadrantem..."Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...extrahere tempus uellet, munimenta Romani temptarent, fossam sex cubita altam, duodecim latam cum duxisset, extra duplex uallum fossae..."
