concumbo

Latin

Alternative forms

• concubō (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From con- +‎ *cumbō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈkum.boː/, [kɔŋˈkʊmboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈkum.bo/, [koŋˈkumbo]

Verb

concumbō (present infinitive concumbere, perfect active concubuī, supine concubitum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive

1. (intransitive) to lie with (for sexual intercourse), share the bed of, sleep with
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.31–32:

     Dardanōn Ēlectra nescīret Atlantide nātum
     scīlicet, Ēlectram concubuisse Iovī?

     Naturally, how could he not know that Dardanus was born of Electra, the daughter of Atlas? And that Electra had lain with Jupiter?
     (Ovid recounts the earliest mythological ancestors in the adopted lineage of Caesar Augustus. See Dardanus (son of Zeus) for a genealogical chart.)

Conjugation

• This verb does not have passive forms in Classical Latin.
• Impersonal passives are found (rarely) in Medieval Latin.

Conjugation of concumbō (third conjugation, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	concumbō	concumbis	concumbit	concumbimus	concumbitis	concumbunt
	imperfect	concumbēbam	concumbēbās	concumbēbat	concumbēbāmus	concumbēbātis	concumbēbant
	future	concumbam	concumbēs	concumbet	concumbēmus	concumbētis	concumbent
	perfect	concubuī	concubuistī	concubuit	concubuimus	concubuistis	concubuērunt, concubuēre
	pluperfect	concubueram	concubuerās	concubuerat	concubuerāmus	concubuerātis	concubuerant
	future perfect	concubuerō	concubueris	concubuerit	concubuerimus	concubueritis	concubuerint
passive	present	—	—	concumbitur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	concumbēbātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	concumbētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	concubitum est	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	concubitum erat	—	—	—
	future perfect	—	—	concubitum erit	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	concumbam	concumbās	concumbat	concumbāmus	concumbātis	concumbant
	imperfect	concumberem	concumberēs	concumberet	concumberēmus	concumberētis	concumberent
	perfect	concubuerim	concubuerīs	concubuerit	concubuerīmus	concubuerītis	concubuerint
	pluperfect	concubuissem	concubuissēs	concubuisset	concubuissēmus	concubuissētis	concubuissent
passive	present	—	—	concumbātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	concumberētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	concubitum sit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	concubitum esset, concubitum foret	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	concumbe	—	—	concumbite	—
	future	—	concumbitō	concumbitō	—	concumbitōte	concumbuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		concumbere	concubuisse	concubitūrum esse	concumbī	concubitum esse	—
participles		concumbēns	—	concubitūrus	—	concubitum	concumbendum, concumbundum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		concumbendī	concumbendō	concumbendum	concumbendō	concubitum	concubitū

Derived terms

• concuba
• concubitus
• concubīna

References

• “concumbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “concumbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• concumbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.