concumbo
Latin
Alternative forms
- concubō (Medieval Latin)
Etymology
From con- + cubō with the nasal infix -n-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈkum.boː/, [kɔŋˈkʊmboː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈkum.bo/, [koŋˈkumbo]
Verb
concumbō (present infinitive concumbere, perfect active concubuī, supine concubitum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive
- (intransitive) I lie with (for sexual intercourse), share the bed of, sleep with
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.31-32:
- Dardanōn Ēlectra nescīret Atlantide nātum
scīlicet, Ēlectram concubuisse Iovī?- Naturally, how could he not know that Dardanus was born of Electra, the daughter of Atlas? And that Electra had lain with Jupiter?
(Ovid recounts the earliest mythological ancestors in the adopted lineage of Caesar Augustus. See Dardanus (son of Zeus) for a genealogical chart.)
- Naturally, how could he not know that Dardanus was born of Electra, the daughter of Atlas? And that Electra had lain with Jupiter?
- Dardanōn Ēlectra nescīret Atlantide nātum
Conjugation
- This verb does not have passive forms in Classical Latin.
- Impersonal passives are found (rarely) in Medieval Latin.
| Conjugation of concumbō (third conjugation, impersonal in passive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | concumbō | concumbis | concumbit | concumbimus | concumbitis | concumbunt |
| imperfect | concumbēbam | concumbēbās | concumbēbat | concumbēbāmus | concumbēbātis | concumbēbant | |
| future | concumbam | concumbēs | concumbet | concumbēmus | concumbētis | concumbent | |
| perfect | concubuī | concubuistī | concubuit | concubuimus | concubuistis | concubuērunt, concubuēre | |
| pluperfect | concubueram | concubuerās | concubuerat | concubuerāmus | concubuerātis | concubuerant | |
| future perfect | concubuerō | concubueris | concubuerit | concubuerimus | concubueritis | concubuerint | |
| passive | present | — | — | concumbitur | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | concumbēbātur | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | concumbētur | — | — | — | |
| perfect | — | — | concubitum est | — | — | — | |
| pluperfect | — | — | concubitum erat | — | — | — | |
| future perfect | — | — | concubitum erit | — | — | — | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | concumbam | concumbās | concumbat | concumbāmus | concumbātis | concumbant |
| imperfect | concumberem | concumberēs | concumberet | concumberēmus | concumberētis | concumberent | |
| perfect | concubuerim | concubuerīs | concubuerit | concubuerīmus | concubuerītis | concubuerint | |
| pluperfect | concubuissem | concubuissēs | concubuisset | concubuissēmus | concubuissētis | concubuissent | |
| passive | present | — | — | concumbātur | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | concumberētur | — | — | — | |
| perfect | — | — | concubitum sit | — | — | — | |
| pluperfect | — | — | concubitum esset, concubitum foret | — | — | — | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | concumbe | — | — | concumbite | — |
| future | — | concumbitō | concumbitō | — | concumbitōte | concumbuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | concumbere | concubuisse | concubitūrum esse | concumbī | concubitum esse | — | |
| participles | concumbēns | — | concubitūrus | — | concubitum | concumbendum, concumbundum | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| concumbendī | concumbendō | concumbendum | concumbendō | concubitum | concubitū | ||
Derived terms
- concuba
- concubitus
- concubīna
References
- “concumbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “concumbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- concumbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette