Accumbo

Latin-English

accumb|ō, -ĕre, accŭbŭī, accŭbĭtum. (akˈkum.bo) v. intrans.

1. To lie down; to recline, as, at a table.

[ad + cubo (cf. accubo).]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 13.52:

Post horam viii in balneum. Tum audivit de Mamurra, vultum non mutavit. unctus est, accubuit.

After two o'clock he went to the bath. Then he heard about Mamurra; his expression did not change. He was rubbed down with oil and lay down for dinner.