cubito

See also: cúbito

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cubitus. See also gomito, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.bi.to/
  • Rhymes: -ubito
  • Hyphenation: cù‧bi‧to

Noun

cubito m (plural cubiti)

  1. (literary) elbow
    Synonym: gomito
  2. (anatomy) ulna
    Synonym: ulna
  3. (historical) cubit (unit of measure)

Further reading

  • cubito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From cubō (I recline) +‎ -tō.

Verb

cubitō (present infinitive cubitāre, perfect active cubitāvī, supine cubitātum); first conjugation

  1. to recline, lie down (often)
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cubitō m

  1. dative/ablative singular of cubitum

References

  • cubito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cubito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cubito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

From cubo +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈbito/ [kuˈβ̞i.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Syllabification: cu‧bi‧to

Noun

cubito m (plural cubitos)

  1. clipping of cubito de hielo (ice cube)

Derived terms

  • cubitera (ice cube tray) (Colombia, Venezuela)

Further reading