decumbo

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From dē- +‎ *cumbō.

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈkum.boː/, [deːˈkʊm.boː]

VerbEdit

dēcumbō (present infinitive dēcumbere, perfect active dēcubuī); third conjugation, no passive

1. I lie down or recline
2. I fall (in a fight)

InflectionEdit

Conjugation of decumbo (third conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēcumbō	dēcumbis	dēcumbit	dēcumbimus	dēcumbitis	dēcumbunt
	imperfect	dēcumbēbam	dēcumbēbās	dēcumbēbat	dēcumbēbāmus	dēcumbēbātis	dēcumbēbant
	future	dēcumbam	dēcumbēs	dēcumbet	dēcumbēmus	dēcumbētis	dēcumbent
	perfect	dēcubuī	dēcubuistī	dēcubuit	dēcubuimus	dēcubuistis	dēcubuērunt, dēcubuēre
	pluperfect	dēcubueram	dēcubuerās	dēcubuerat	dēcubuerāmus	dēcubuerātis	dēcubuerant
	future perfect	dēcubuerō	dēcubueris	dēcubuerit	dēcubuerimus	dēcubueritis	dēcubuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēcumbam	dēcumbās	dēcumbat	dēcumbāmus	dēcumbātis	dēcumbant
	imperfect	dēcumberem	dēcumberēs	dēcumberet	dēcumberēmus	dēcumberētis	dēcumberent
	perfect	dēcubuerim	dēcubuerīs	dēcubuerit	dēcubuerīmus	dēcubuerītis	dēcubuerint
	pluperfect	dēcubuissem	dēcubuissēs	dēcubuisset	dēcubuissēmus	dēcubuissētis	dēcubuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēcumbe	—	—	dēcumbite	—
	future	—	dēcumbitō	dēcumbitō	—	dēcumbitōte	dēcumbuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēcumbere	dēcubuisse	dēcubitūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		dēcumbēns	—	dēcubitūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		dēcumbere	dēcumbendī	dēcumbendō	dēcumbendum	dēcubitum	dēcubitū

ReferencesEdit

• decumbo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decumbo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “decumbo” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)