(verb) : prō-cumbo, cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, 3
* Lit., to fall forwards, fall or sink down, to prostrate one's self; of the wounded, the dying, suppliants, etc. (class.; cf.; cado, ruo): procumbunt Gallis omnibus ad pedes Bituriges, ne pulcherrimam urbem succendere cogerentur,Caes. B. G. 7, 15: genibus, Ov M. 13, 585: ad genua alicujus, Liv 25, 7: ad pedes alicujus,Gell. 10, 15, 10: ante pedes,Ov. M. 10, 415; Petr. 30: templis,Tib. 1, 5, 41 (1, 2, 83): qui vulneribus confecti procubuissent,Caes. B. G. 2, 27; so, in genua,Curt. 9, 5, 13: Coroebus Penelei dextrā Procumbit,Verg. A. 2, 424.—With dat. (post-Aug.): sibi tres legiones procubuisse,had yielded,Tac. A. 1, 59: veteranae cohortes, quibus nuper Othonis legiones procubuerint,id. H. 4, 17.—Poet., to fall upon, attack, Mart. 1, 60, 3.—To lean or bend forwards: olli certamine summo Procumbunt,i.e. they bend to their oars,Verg. A. 5, 197.
* Transf., of inanimate subjects, to lean forwards, bend down, sink, to be beaten or broken down (class.): tigna prona ac fastigiata, ut secundum naturam fluminis procumberent,Caes. B. G. 4, 17: frumenta imbribus procubuerant,i.e. were beaten down,id. ib. 6, 43: ne gravidis procumbat culmus aristis,Verg. G. 1, 111: ulmus in aram ipsam procumbebat,Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132.— Of buildings: (domus) in domini procubuit caput,Ov. P. 1, 9, 14: tecta super habitantes,Quint. 2, 16, 6; Plin. Pan. 50, 3; Ov. M. 13, 176.
* Trop., to fall or sink down (poet. and post-Aug.): procumbere in voluptates, to sink into sen suality, Sen. Ep. 18, 2: procumbentem rem publicam restituere,sinking,Vell. 2, 16, 4: res procubuere meae,Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 2.
* To extend, spread: mons Haemus vasto jugo procumbens in Pontum,Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 45: planities sub radicibus montium spatiosa procumbit,Curt. 5, 4, 6.

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