previous next
dis-cumbo , cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, 3,
I.v. n., to lie down.
I. More freq., to recline at table for the purpose of eating (cf. accumbo—so esp. freq. since the Aug. per.): “discubuimus omnes praeter illam,” Cic. Att. 5, 1, 4; Lucr. 3, 912; Quint. 11, 2, 13; Suet. Caes. 48; Tib. 2, 5, 95; Verg. A. 1, 708; Ov. M. 8, 566; Vulg. Johan. 12, 2 al.—Sometimes of a single person (yet always with the accessory idea of a number reclining at the same time): “in convivio Germanici cum super eum Piso discumberet,” Tac. A. 3, 14; 6, 50; Suet. Aug. 74; Curt. 8, 5, 6; Juv. 5, 12.—Pass. impers.: “discumbitur,” Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26; Verg. A. 1, 700; Gell. 3, 19 al.—
II. Rarely, to lie down to sleep: “discubitum noctu ire,” Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 100: “cenati discubuerunt ibidem,” Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide References (14 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 5.1.4
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.65
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.566
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.700
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.708
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 48
    • Tacitus, Annales, 3.14
    • Plautus, Mercator, 1.1
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.912
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 74
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 2.13
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 3.19
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 8.5.6
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 2.4
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: