cubitis
Dictionary entries
- 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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →cubitus, cubiti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
elbow; forearm; ulna; cubit (length - 17.4 inches); elbow bend/pipe;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →cubitum, cubiti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
elbow; forearm; ulna; cubit (length - 17.4 inches); elbow bend/pipe;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...placet, curre ut lubet, cave quemquam flocci feceris, cubitis depulsa de via, tranquillam concinna viam; si rex obstabit..."Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...rogo ut altero * * sin adire. Volo, ut obuortam, cubitis im * * * * * * * * Vllum muttit e * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Surgo..."Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...illinc missas scribitque tabellas; pallia uicini qui refugit cubiti; qui scit quam quis amet, qui per conuiuia currit..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...laxos qua reclinauerit arcus ilice, qua cubiti sedeant uestigia terra. at pedes et toto despectans uertice bellum quattuor..."Liber X
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...lacus altior mari, quem artifices regionis huius quadraginta cubitis altiorem esse contendunt. Ego per eadem loca invenio fossam..."