succubuit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →succumbo, succumbere, succubui, succubitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sink/fall/lie/break down; succumb/collapse (w/weight); suffer/concede defeat;; surrender; yield; lay under; lie under/submit (female to male); cohabit (L+S);; give in/way; lower itself (animal to take load); be rival to (DAT of a woman);
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...super aggere tutasexcurrit ripas et totos concutit agros;succubuit siqua tellus cumuloque furentemundarum non passa ruit, tum flumine..." - C
Eumenes
Cornelius Nepos
"...Eumenes. Hae ille perculsus plaga non succubuit neque eo setius bellum administravit. Sed exiles res animi magnitudinem, etsi..." - C
Themistocles
Cornelius Nepos
"...unius viri prudentia Graecia liberata est Europaeque succubuit Asia. Haec altera victoria, quae cum Marathonio possit comparari tropaeo..." - P
Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...taurus aratra subit. Quid fuit asperius Nonacrina Atalanta? Succubuit meritis trux tamen illa viri. Saepe suos casus..." - T
Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aduersam in Africa, cui postea hic ipse Hannibal succubuit; nulla ex parte comparandae sunt nisi quod minore animo..."