excubitus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of excubō.

Participle

excubitus (feminine excubita, neuter excubitum); first/second-declension participle

  1. slept outdoors
  2. kept watch

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • excubitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • excubitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.