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Latin
Etymology
From accumbō + -tiō.
Noun
accubitiō f (genitive accubitiōnis); third declension
- (especially at meals) the act of lying or reclining
- a couch
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “accubitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “accubitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- accubitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “accubitio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers