procubo Latin · revision 36888

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=70–19 BC, Virgil|origins=la cubō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈproː.kʊ.boː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈprɔː.ku.bo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōcubō''' (present infinitive prōcubāre, perfect active prōcubāvī, supine prōcubātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prō-|cubō|t2=to lie down]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) The TLL notes that it expresses the result of [[m|la|prōcumbō|t=to fall forward, lie prostrate]]: to lie stretched out.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Virgil's ''Georgics'', of the shadow of a rock that stretches out: ''ubi saxea procubet umbra'', “where a rocky shade lies spread”.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a rare poetic word.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Besides Virgil's spreading shade, Claudian uses it of the god Gradivus lying outstretched on the Getic Haemus: ''procubat horrendus Getico Gradivus in Haemo''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) The grammarian Eutyches lists it with the conjugation ''-ō, -ās''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of a rock's shade spreading out.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To lie [[m|en|outstretched]], lie at full length.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(of a shadow)'' To stretch out, [[m|en|extend]].^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}