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cubo.

to lie down, recline

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈkʊ.boː]Classical-Latin[ˈkuː.bo]
  1. to lie down, recline

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  2. to sleep; lie asleep

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  3. to recline at table (for a meal)

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  4. to be sick, bedridden

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  5. to incubate, be broody

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  6. to lie, extend itself

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  7. to be in a sloping direction, slope; be inclining or sloping

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Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Italic *kubāō. Compare Welsh cysgu (“to sleep”), English hip, Albanian sup (“shoulder”), Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “vertebra, hollow before the hip (in cattle)”).

noun[ˈkʊ.boː]Classical-Latin[ˈkuː.bo]
  1. dative/ablative singular of cubus

    ablative · dative · form-of · singular
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