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Latin
Etymology
From prō- + *cumbō.
Pronunciation
Verb
prōcumbō (present infinitive prōcumbere, perfect active prōcubuī, supine prōcubitum); third conjugation
- to fall forward
- to sink down
- Synonyms: dēmergō, summergō, immergō, dēmittō, sepeliō, supprimō, mergō
- to prostrate (oneself)
Conjugation
References
- “procumbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “procumbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- procumbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to fall on the ground: humi procumbere
- to throw oneself at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius se proicere, se abicere, procumbere, se prosternere