procumbo

procumbo

Latin

Etymology

    From prō- + *cumbō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    prōcumbō (present infinitive prōcumbere, perfect active prōcubuī, supine prōcubitum); third conjugation

    1. to fall forward
    2. to sink down
      Synonyms: dēmergō, summergō, immergō, dēmittō, sepeliō, supprimō, mergō
    3. 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[1], 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