procumbens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →procumbo, procumbere, procubui, procubitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
sink down, lie down, lean forward;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...medius descendit in ilia uenter,adiuuitque suo procumbens pondere ferrum. 725stabat diuersa uictae iam parte carinaeinfelix Argi genitor..."Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...ausus esset quam capite velato circumvertensque se, deinde procumbens. Claudium uxoribus libertisque addictum ne qua non arte demereretur..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...semideum heroum, puppemque insana flagellat arbor et instabili procumbens pondere curuas raptat aquas, remique cadunt in pectus inanes..."