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
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..."Eumenes
Cornelius Nepos
"...Eumenes. Hae ille perculsus plaga non succubuit neque eo setius bellum administravit. Sed exiles res animi magnitudinem, etsi..."Themistocles
Cornelius Nepos
"...unius viri prudentia Graecia liberata est Europaeque succubuit Asia. Haec altera victoria, quae cum Marathonio possit comparari tropaeo..."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..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aduersam in Africa, cui postea hic ipse Hannibal succubuit; nulla ex parte comparandae sunt nisi quod minore animo..."