concumbo
Latin
Etymology
From con- + cubō with the nasal infix -n-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈkum.boː/, [kɔŋˈkʊmboː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈkum.bo/, [koŋˈkumbo]
Verb
concumbō (present infinitive concumbere, perfect active concubuī, supine concubitum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive
- (intransitive) I lie with (for sexual intercourse), sleep with
Conjugation
- This verb does not have passive forms in Classical Latin.
- Impersonal passives are found (rarely) in Medieval Latin.
Derived terms
See also
References
- “concumbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “concumbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- concumbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.