cubo

cŭbo, ŭi, ìtúm, 1 ( perf. subj. cubaris, Prop. 2 (3), 15, 17; perf. inf. cubasse, Quint. 8, 2, 20; cf. also Neue, Formenl. II. p. 478), v. n. [cf. kuptô], to lie down.

I.

Of persons.

A.

In gen., to be in a recumbent posture, to recline: in lecticā cubans. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51:

ut etiam legationes audiret cubans,

Suet. Vesp. 24; id. Aug. 33; 43: cubans auspicatur qui in lecto quaerit augurium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 5 Müll.:

pisces cubantes = jacentes,

flat, Col. 8, 17, 9.—Far more freq. and class.,

B.

With particular access. meanings.

1.

To lie asleep, to sleep:

(vilicus) primus cubitu surgat: postremus cubitum eat... uti suo quisque loco cubet,

Cato, R. R. 5, 5; cf.:

cubitum ire,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 23, 64; id. Div. 2, 59, 122:

cubitum abire,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 55:

cubitum discedere,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

cubitum se eo conferre,

Suet. Aug. 6:

cum iste cubaret, in cubiculum introductus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 56:

humi ac sub divo,

Suet. Caes. 72:

toro,

id. Aug. 73; Ov. M. 11, 612 et saep.—

b.

Of sexual intercourse, to lie:

cum aliquā (aliquo),

Plaut. Am. prol. 112; 1, 1, 134; id. Mil. 1, 1, 65 al.; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 65; Cat. 69, 8; 78, 4 al.— Absol., Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 46; id. Am. prol. 132; 1, 1, 131 et saep.—

2.

To recline at table (cf. accumbo):

quo eorum loco quisque cubuisset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

supra,

Suet. Calig. 24:

juxta,

id. ib. 32; id. Tit. 1:

ille cubans gaudet, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 110.—

3.

To lie sick, to be sick:

est ei quidam servus qui in morbo cubat,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 37:

puerperio,

id. Truc. 2, 5, 22:

ex duritie alvi,

Suet. Ner. 34:

aeger,

id. Aug. 72.— Absol., Lucr. 2, 36:

haec cubat, ille valet,

Ov. H. 20, 164:

trans Tiberim longe cubat,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 18; 2, 3, 289; id. Ep. 2, 2, 68.—

II.

Of inanim. objects.

A.

In gen.:

quā cubat unda freti,

lies, extends itself, Mart. 5, 1, 4.—

B.

In partic., of places, to be in a sloping direction, to slope:

cubantia tecta,

inclining, sloping, Lucr. 4, 518:

Ustica cubans,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 12.— Hence, Ital. covare; Fr. couver.