concumbo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From con- +‎ *cumbō.

Pronunciation

Verb

concumbō (present infinitive concumbere, perfect active concubuī, supine concubitum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive

  1. (intransitive) to lie with (for sexual intercourse), share the bed of, sleep with
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.31–32:
      Dardanōn Ēlectra nescīret Atlantide nātum
      scīlicet, Ēlectram concubuisse Iovī?
      Naturally, how could he not know that Dardanus was born of Electra, the daughter of Atlas? And that Electra had lain with Jupiter?
      (Ovid recounts the earliest mythological ancestors in the adopted lineage of Caesar Augustus. See Dardanus (son of Zeus) for a genealogical chart.)

Conjugation

  • This verb does not have passive forms in Classical Latin.
  • Impersonal passives are found (rarely) in Medieval Latin.

Derived terms

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.