concuba
Latin
Etymology
From concumbō (“I lie with”), from con- + *cumbō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔŋ.kʊ.ba]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔŋ.ku.ba]
Noun
concuba f (genitive concubae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) concubine (synonym of concubīna)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | concuba | concubae |
| genitive | concubae | concubārum |
| dative | concubae | concubīs |
| accusative | concubam | concubās |
| ablative | concubā | concubīs |
| vocative | concuba | concubae |
Descendants
- > Old Italian: concova (inherited)
References
- "concuba", 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)
- concuba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.