cubitum
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʊ.bɪ.tũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkuː.bi.t̪um]
Etymology 1
Neuter substantive use of the perfect passive participle of cubō (“lie down, recline”).
Alternative forms
Noun
cubitum n (genitive cubitī); second declension
- elbow
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.690-691:
- Ter sēsē attollēns cubitōque adnīxa levāvit,
ter revolūta torō est [...].- Lifting herself three times, [Dido] had tried to raise upon her elbow, and thrice she had rolled back upon the bed [...].
(Fratantuono and Smith [2022], pg. 916: “The only elbow in Virgil: another graphic detail as the poet continues his emphasis on the physical.”)
- Lifting herself three times, [Dido] had tried to raise upon her elbow, and thrice she had rolled back upon the bed [...].
- Ter sēsē attollēns cubitōque adnīxa levāvit,
- cubit (measure)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cubitum | cubita |
| genitive | cubitī | cubitōrum |
| dative | cubitō | cubitīs |
| accusative | cubitum | cubita |
| ablative | cubitō | cubitīs |
| vocative | cubitum | cubita |
Derived terms
Descendants
Borrowings:
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Later:
Etymology 2
Verb
cubitum
- accusative supine of cubō
References
- “cubitum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cubitum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cubitum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to go to bed: cubitum ire
- (ambiguous) to go to bed: cubitum ire