incubo.
to lie, sit, or settle in, on or upon; recline
Meaning & usage
to lie, sit, or settle in, on or upon; recline
to sit upon to brood or hatch
to abide in; to inhabit
to brood over
to weigh upon; to be a burden to
to settle on; to attach to
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Proto-Italic *kubāō Proto-Italic *enkubāō Latin incubo From Proto-Italic *enkubāō. By surface analysis, in- + cubō (“to lie down”).
one who lies upon something
a spirit who watches over buried treasure
incubus, nightmare
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Proto-Italic *kubāō Proto-Italic *enkubāō Latin incubō Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin incubō From incubō (“to lie upon, to brood over, to be a burden to”) + -ō.
dative/ablative singular of incubus
Where this word comes from
Regularly declined forms of incubus.
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