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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [ˈrɛ.kʊ.boː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈrɛː.ku.bo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''recubō''' (present infinitive recubāre, perfect active recubāvī, supine recubātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|re-|cubō|t2=to lie down]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Lucretius addresses the goddess who pours herself around one reclining on her holy body.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It is to lie at ease, lie back, recline: Cicero uses it once, Tibullus of reclining on a Tyrian couch, and Virgil of a sow lying on the ground.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD treats the perfect ''recubuī'' under [[recumbo|alt=recumbō]].^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it to recline.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of reclining.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of a sow lying on the ground.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To lie at ease, lie back, [[m|en|recline]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[cubo|alt=cubō]]
+ * [[recumbo|alt=recumbō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}