incubo

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See also incubó, and íncubo

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

incubo m. (plural incubi)

  1. nightmare, incubus

[edit] Descendants


[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From cubō (lie down)

[edit] Verb

present active incubō, present infinitive incubāre, perfect active incubuī, supine incubitum. (no passive)

  1. I lie in or on.
  2. I sit upon to brood or hatch.
  3. I abide in; I inhabit.
  4. (figuratively) I brood over.
  5. (figuratively) I weigh upon; I am a burden to.
  6. I settle on; I attach to.

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[edit] Noun

incubo (genitive incubōnis); m, third declension

  1. one who lies upon something
  2. a spirit who watches over buried treasure
  3. an incubus

[edit] Inflection

Number Singular Plural
nominative incubo incubōnēs
genitive incubōnis incubōnum
dative incubōnī incubōnibus
accusative incubōnem incubōnēs
ablative incubōne incubōnibus
vocative incubo incubōnēs

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Noun

incubō

  1. dative singular of incubus
  2. ablative singular of incubus

[edit] Related terms

[edit] References

  • incubo” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Verb

incubo (infinitive: incubar)

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of incubar.