ac-cŭbo — Lewis & Short
ac-cŭbo (adc.), āre, 1, v. n., t. t. (the forms accubui and accubitum belong to accumbo),
I to lie near or by a thing.
I In gen., constr. with dat. or absol.:
quoi bini castodes semper accubant,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 57:
Furiarum maxima juxta accubat,Verg. A. 6, 606:
accubantes effodiunt,Plin. 35, 6, 19, § 37.—Rarely with acc.:
lectum,App. M. 5, p. 160.—Of things:
nigrum nemus,Verg. G. 3, 334:
cadus (vini),Hor. C. 4, 12, 18.—Also of places (for adjacere):
theatrum Tarpeio monti accubans,Suet. Caes. 44.—Esp.
II To recline at table (in the Rom. manner):
accubantes in conviviis,Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10; so,
in convivio,Nep. Pel. 3, 2; Cic. Tusc. 3, 23:
morem apud majores hunc epularum fuisse, ut deinceps, qui accubarent, canerent ad tibiam, etc.,Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; cf.:
regulus accubans epulari coepit,Liv. 41, 2, 12;
so,absol., Plaut. Stich. 2, 3, 53; Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 2; Suet. Caes. 49 al.:
cum aliquo,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 72:
infra,Liv. 39, 43, 3:
contra,Suet. Aug. 98.—
B To lie with, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 39; 3, 3, 50; Suet. Vesp. 21.