cubo Latin · revision 3714

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=itc-pro *kubā-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkʊ.boː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkuː.bo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cubō''' (present infinitive cubāre, perfect active cubuī, supine cubitum); first conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*kubāō]].^(Wiktionary) Etymonline gives a possible PIE *kub-, and Wiktionary compares [[cy|cysgu|t=to sleep]], [[en|hip]] and [[grc|κύβος|tr=kúbos|t=hollow before the hip]].^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Compare [[xfa|cupa|t=lies]] and [[sbv|cumba|t=litter]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) The nasal verb [[cumbo|alt=-cumbō]] in compounds is related.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found in Plautus (c. 250–184 BC), who speaks of a little box where a puppy could lie.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to lie down or recline, as Cicero's Verres lying in his litter, to rest or sleep, ''cubitum ire'' being “to go to bed”, as Cato's bailiff, last to go to bed.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to recline at table, to lie sick in bed, and to lie in death, as Lucilius' corpse in the coffin.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Of places it meant to slope, and of birds to sit on eggs.^(Wiktionary) Its derivatives gave English ''cubicle'' (from ''cubiculum'', “bedroom”) in the mid-15th century, and its compound ''incubare'' gave ''incubate''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of lying and sleeping.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses ''cubitum ire'', “to go to bed”.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of a body in its coffin.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''cubicle'' comes from its derivative ''cubiculum''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To lie down, recline.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To rest, [[m|en|sleep]], ''cubitum ire'': to go to bed.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To recline at table.^(Wiktionary)

+ # To be sick in bed.^(Wiktionary)

+ # To lie dead.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|incubate]], brood.^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(of places)'' To slope.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accubō]]

+ * [[concubō]]

+ * [[cubātiō]]

+ * [[cubator]]

+ * [[cubīle]]

+ * [[cubitio]]

+ * [[cubitō]]

+ * [[cubitor]]

+ * [[cubitum]]

+ * [[cubitūra]]

+ * [[cubitus]]

+ * [[dēcubō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[*cumbō]]

+ * [[en|cubicle]]

+ * [[en|incubate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}