cubile Latin · revision 8219

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la cubō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kʊˈbiː.ɫɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kuˈbiː.le]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cubīle''' ''n'' (genitive cubīlis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Poets often use the plural for the singular.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[cubō]] “to lie down” with the suffix [[-īle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of an animal's lair.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a bed, couch, as in Cicero, and the marriage bed.^(OLD 2012) From Plautus it meant an animal's den, lair, or a bird's nest, and in Varro a base, foundation.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''cubīle'' is a natural resting place of men and animals, ''lectus'' an artificial bed for men only.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant bed, couch, lair, and in the plural fornication.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a room, a cell.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''covile'' and Portuguese ''covil'' “den”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a lair.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a bed.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a foundation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A bed, [[m|en|couch]]; the marriage bed.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|lair]], den; a nest.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A base, foundation.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A room, cell.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cubō]]

+ * [[cubiculum]]

+ * [[lectus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes it from [[lectus]].^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}