Italian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Latin prōcumbere (to fall forward; to sink down; to prostrate oneself), derived from an unattested *cumbō (I lie down, recline).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /proˈkom.be.re/
  • Rhymes: -ombere
  • Hyphenation: pro‧cóm‧be‧re

Verb edit

procómbere (first-person singular present procómbo, first-person singular past historic procombétti or (traditional) procombètti, no past participle) (intransitive, literary)

  1. to fall forward
    1. to fall in combat while facing one's enemy
  2. (figurative) to be overwhelmed

Conjugation edit

References edit

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