Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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

Verb

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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

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References

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