cŭbīle (noun N) : cubo
* A place of rest, a couch, bed.
* Lit.
* Of men, Lucr. 5, 814; 5, 985; Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90; 2, 17, 39; Liv. 30, 5, 10; Hor. S. 1, 3, 100; Curt. 5, 2, 15: salutatorium,an audience - chamber,Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 38.
* Trop.: avaritiae non jam vestigia, sed ipsa cubilia videre, the very den or lair, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190; cf. id. Clu. 30, 82: quas (stragis) nos non vestigiis odorantes ingressus tuos, sed totis volutationibus corporis et cubilibus persecuti sumus,id. Pis. 34, 83 al.
* Transf., in arch., the joint or bed of a stone, beam, etc., Vitr. 2, 8; 4, 2; Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 96; cf. cubiculum, II. B.
* Poet., the couch of the setting sun: ad ortus Solis ab Hesperio cubili,Hor. C. 4, 15, 16; cf.: cubile noctis,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1140.

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