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succumbo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : suc-cumbo (subc-), cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, 3
* To lay or put one's self under any thing; to fall down, lie, or sink down.
* Lit. (rare; not in Cic.; cf. subsido).
* In gen.: ancipiti succumbens victima ferro,Cat. 64, 370: vidit Cyllenius omnes Succubuisse oculos, had sunk in sleep, i. e. had closed, Ov. M. 1, 714: (Augustus) Nolae succubuit,took to his bed,Suet. Aug. 98 fin.: non succumbentibus causis operis,Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 106; Arn. 6, 16 Hildebr.
* Trop., to yield, be overcome; to submit, surrender, succumb (the predom. and class. signif.; cf.: cedo, me summitto).
* Of a woman, to lie down to a man, to cohabit with him (cf. substerno): alicui,Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 9; Cat. 111, 3; Ov. F. 2, 810; Petr. 126; Inscr. Grut. 502, 1; Mart. 13, 64, 1; 14, 201.
* With dat., of a woman, to be a rival to: alumnae Tethyos,Hyg. Fab. 177; id. Astr. 2, 1.
* With dat. (so most freq.): philosopho succubuit orator,Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 129: qui Cannensi ruinae non succubuissent,Liv. 23, 25: arrogantiae divitum,Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48: cur succumbis cedisque fortunae?id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36; id. Sull. 25, 71; cf.: nulli neque homini neque perturbationi animi nec fortunae,id. Off. 1, 20, 66: magno animo et erecto est, nec umquam succumbet inimicis, ne fortunae quidem,id. Deiot. 13, 36: mihi,Nep. Eum. 11, 5: labori, Caes. B. G, 7, 86: oneri,Liv. 6, 32: doloribus,Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49: senectuti,id. Sen. 11, 37: crimini,id. Planc. 33, 82: magis,Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 103; Sil. 14, 609: culpae,Verg. A. 4, 19; Ov. M. 7, 749: tempori,to yield,Liv. 3, 59, 5: pugnae,id. 22, 54: precibus,Ov. H. 3, 91: voluntati alicujus,App. M. 9, p. 228, 9.
* Absol.: non esse viri debilitari dolore, frangi, succumbere,Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 95: huic (socero) subvenire volt succumbenti jam et oppresso,id. Agr. 2, 26, 69: succubuit famae victa puella metu,Ov. F. 2, 810: hac ille perculsus plagā non succubuit,Nep. Eum. 5, 1: succumbe, virtus,Sen. Herc. Fur. 1315: labefacta mens succubuit,id. Troad. 950; App. M. 5, p. 161, 33. —*
* With inf.: nec ipsam perpeti succubuisset,Arn. 1, 38.
* To lay or put one's self under any thing; to fall down, lie, or sink down.
* Lit. (rare; not in Cic.; cf. subsido).
* In gen.: ancipiti succumbens victima ferro,Cat. 64, 370: vidit Cyllenius omnes Succubuisse oculos, had sunk in sleep, i. e. had closed, Ov. M. 1, 714: (Augustus) Nolae succubuit,took to his bed,Suet. Aug. 98 fin.: non succumbentibus causis operis,Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 106; Arn. 6, 16 Hildebr.
* Trop., to yield, be overcome; to submit, surrender, succumb (the predom. and class. signif.; cf.: cedo, me summitto).
* Of a woman, to lie down to a man, to cohabit with him (cf. substerno): alicui,Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 9; Cat. 111, 3; Ov. F. 2, 810; Petr. 126; Inscr. Grut. 502, 1; Mart. 13, 64, 1; 14, 201.
* With dat., of a woman, to be a rival to: alumnae Tethyos,Hyg. Fab. 177; id. Astr. 2, 1.
* With dat. (so most freq.): philosopho succubuit orator,Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 129: qui Cannensi ruinae non succubuissent,Liv. 23, 25: arrogantiae divitum,Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48: cur succumbis cedisque fortunae?id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36; id. Sull. 25, 71; cf.: nulli neque homini neque perturbationi animi nec fortunae,id. Off. 1, 20, 66: magno animo et erecto est, nec umquam succumbet inimicis, ne fortunae quidem,id. Deiot. 13, 36: mihi,Nep. Eum. 11, 5: labori, Caes. B. G, 7, 86: oneri,Liv. 6, 32: doloribus,Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49: senectuti,id. Sen. 11, 37: crimini,id. Planc. 33, 82: magis,Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 103; Sil. 14, 609: culpae,Verg. A. 4, 19; Ov. M. 7, 749: tempori,to yield,Liv. 3, 59, 5: pugnae,id. 22, 54: precibus,Ov. H. 3, 91: voluntati alicujus,App. M. 9, p. 228, 9.
* Absol.: non esse viri debilitari dolore, frangi, succumbere,Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 95: huic (socero) subvenire volt succumbenti jam et oppresso,id. Agr. 2, 26, 69: succubuit famae victa puella metu,Ov. F. 2, 810: hac ille perculsus plagā non succubuit,Nep. Eum. 5, 1: succumbe, virtus,Sen. Herc. Fur. 1315: labefacta mens succubuit,id. Troad. 950; App. M. 5, p. 161, 33. —*
* With inf.: nec ipsam perpeti succubuisset,Arn. 1, 38.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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