cubo

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin cubus.

Noun

cubo m (plural cubos)

  1. cube

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin cubus.

Pronunciation

Noun

cubo m (plural cubos)

  1. cube (shape)

Etymology 2

From cuba, from Latin cupa.

Pronunciation

Noun

cubo m (plural cubos)

  1. tower, turret (of a castle)
  2. bucket
  3. pond or reservoir of a watermill
    Synonym: pozo
  4. mill race
    Synonyms: cal, canle, levada

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin cubus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.bo/
  • Rhymes: -ubo
  • Hyphenation: cù‧bo

Adjective

cubo (feminine cuba, masculine plural cubi, feminine plural cube)

  1. cubic

Noun

cubo m (plural cubi)

  1. cube

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-.

Compare Welsh cysgu (to sleep), English hip, Albanian sup (shoulder), Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, vertebra, hollow before the hip (in cattle)).

Verb

cubō (present infinitive cubāre, perfect active cubuī, supine cubitum); first conjugation, no passive

  1. to lie down, recline
    Synonym: iaceō
  2. to sleep; lie asleep
    Synonyms: dormiō, dormītō
    Antonyms: expergīscor, vigilō
  3. to recline at table (for a meal)
  4. to be sick, bedridden
    Synonyms: aegrōtō, iaceō, langueō, languēscō
    Antonym: valeō
  5. to incubate, be broody
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Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cubō

  1. dative/ablative singular of cubus

References

  • cubo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cubo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "cubo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cubo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to go to bed: cubitum ire
  • Logeion DMLBS entry for cubare

Portuguese

cubo

Etymology 1

From Latin cubus.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

cubo m (plural cubos)

  1. (geometry) cube (a regular polyhedron having six identical square faces)
  2. any object whose shape is similar to that of a cube
  3. (mathematics) cube (the third power of a number or mathematical expression)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

cubo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cubar

Spanish

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A cube
A plastic bucket

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkubo/
  • Rhymes: -ubo
  • Syllabification: cu‧bo

Etymology 1

From Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).

Noun

cubo m (plural cubos)

  1. (geometry) cube (a regular polyhedron having six identical square faces)
  2. (mathematics) cube (the third power of a number, value, term or expression)
    El cubo de 2 es 8.
    The cube of 2 is 8.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From cuba, from Latin cupa.

Noun

cubo m (plural cubos)

  1. (Spain, Cuba) bucket, pail (a container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items)
    Synonym: balde
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