succumbit
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. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...amisit testes. Nunc mihi gallus erit. LXIV. Idem. Succumbit sterili frustra gallina marito. Hunc matris Cybeles esse decebat..."- G
Liber III
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...torquet diu,nec quaestionis positae causam intellegit.Nouissime succumbit. Tum uictor sophus:"Cito rumpes arcum, semper se tensum habueris..."
