cubitus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cubitus. See also cubit.

Noun

cubitus (plural cubiti)

1. (archaic) The ulna.
2. (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the media and the postcubitus
3. (anatomy) The elbow, or the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.
4. (anatomy) The forearm; the arm from the elbow to fingertip, or the corresponding portion of a jointed limb of an animal that uses the limb for locomotion or grasping.

Synonyms

• (vein of insect wing): Cu

Derived terms

• articulatio cubiti
• cubital

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French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cubitus. Doublet of coude.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.bi.tys/

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Noun

cubitus m (plural cubitus)

1. (anatomy) ulna

See also

• humérus
• radius

Further reading

• “cubitus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bi.tus/, [ˈkʊbɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bi.tus/, [ˈkuːbit̪us]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of cubō (“lie down, recline”).

Participle

cubitus (feminine cubita, neuter cubitum); first/second-declension participle

1. reclined, lying down, having been reclined.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cubitus	cubita	cubitum		cubitī	cubitae	cubita
Genitive	cubitī	cubitae	cubitī		cubitōrum	cubitārum	cubitōrum
Dative	cubitō		cubitō		cubitīs
Accusative	cubitum	cubitam	cubitum		cubitōs	cubitās	cubita
Ablative	cubitō	cubitā	cubitō		cubitīs
Vocative	cubite	cubita	cubitum		cubitī	cubitae	cubita

Etymology 2

Noun

cubitus m (genitive cubitūs); fourth declension

1. (rare) a lying down
2. (figuratively, rare) bed, couch

   Synonym: triclīnium

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cubitus	cubitūs
Genitive	cubitūs	cubituum
Dative	cubituī	cubitibus
Accusative	cubitum	cubitūs
Ablative	cubitū	cubitibus
Vocative	cubitus	cubitūs

Etymology 3

Noun

cubitus m (genitive cubitī); second declension

1. Alternative form of cubitum

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cubitus	cubitī
Genitive	cubitī	cubitōrum
Dative	cubitō	cubitīs
Accusative	cubitum	cubitōs
Ablative	cubitō	cubitīs
Vocative	cubite	cubitī

References

• “cubitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cubitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• cubitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cubitus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cubitus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin