procumbo

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ *cumbō.

Pronunciation

Verb

prōcumbō (present infinitive prōcumbere, perfect active prōcubuī, supine prōcubitum); third conjugation

  1. to fall forward
  2. to sink down
    Synonyms: dēmergō, summergō, immergō, dēmittō, sepeliō, supprimō, mergō
  3. to prostrate (oneself)

Conjugation

References

  • procumbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • procumbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • procumbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to fall on the ground: humi procumbere
    • to throw oneself at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius se proicere, se abicere, procumbere, se prosternere