occubo Latin · revision 36955

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la cubō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''occubō''' (present infinitive occubāre, perfect active occubuī, supine occubitum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ob-|cubō|t2=to lie]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan reconstructs the simple verb as [[itc-pro|*kubā̆je/o-|t=to be lying]] and considers its Indo-European origin uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Georges and Conte cite Plautus' ''Miles Gloriosus'' for its earliest sense, to lie or stand next to something, keeping watch.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Apart from that early use it is mostly poetic and means to lie dead or lie buried:^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Virgil uses it of the mound where Hector lies, of Paris lying in his father's city, and of lying among the cruel shades.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Seneca uses it in his tragedies of a mournful death,^(Georges 1913) and Livy has the phrase ''morte occubāns'' of a consul who lies dead for the sake of the victory.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of lying or standing next to something.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of the dead lying in the grave.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses ''morte occubāns'' of a consul lying dead for the victory.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of a mournful death.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To lie against or next to; to keep watch in front of.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(poetic)'' To lie [[m|en|dead]], rest in the [[m|en|grave]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}