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sē-cŭbo , ŭi, 1, v. n.
I. To lie alone, sleep by one's self or without a bedfellow (not in Cic.); “of a man,” Cat. 61, 105; Liv. 39, 10; Quint. 7, 8, 2; Suet. Tib. 7 fin.; “of a woman,” Tib. 1, 3, 26; Ov. Am. 3, 10, 2; id. F. 2, 328.—
II. In gen., to live alone or in solitude: “miles depositis annosus secubat armis,” Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 5; App. M. 2, p. 123, 31.
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.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 39, 10
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, 8.2
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 2.25
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
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