(verb) : ac-cŭbo (adc.), āre, 1, , t. t. (the forms accubui and accubitum belong to accumbo)
* To lie near or by a thing.
* In gen., constr. with dat. or absol.: quoi bini castodes semper accubant,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 57: Furiarum maxima juxta accubat,Verg. A. 6, 606: accubantes effodiunt,Plin. 35, 6, 19, § 37.—Rarely with acc.: lectum,App. M. 5, p. 160.—Of things: nigrum nemus,Verg. G. 3, 334: cadus (vini),Hor. C. 4, 12, 18.—Also of places (for adjacere): theatrum Tarpeio monti accubans,Suet. Caes. 44.—Esp.
* To recline at table (in the Rom. manner): accubantes in conviviis,Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10; so, in convivio,Nep. Pel. 3, 2; Cic. Tusc. 3, 23: morem apud majores hunc epularum fuisse, ut deinceps, qui accubarent, canerent ad tibiam, etc.,Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; cf.: regulus accubans epulari coepit,Liv. 41, 2, 12; so,absol.,Plaut. Stich. 2, 3, 53; Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 2; Suet. Caes. 49 al.: cum aliquo,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 72: infra,Liv. 39, 43, 3: contra,Suet. Aug. 98.
* To lie with, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 39; 3, 3, 50; Suet. Vesp. 21.

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