incubo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

in-cubō uī, itus, āre,

to lie upon, rest on: Pellibus stratis, V.: umero incubat hasta, rests upon her shoulder, O.: caetris superpositis incubantes flumen tranavere, L.: aper Erymantho Incubat, lies dead, O.—Fig., to brood over, watch jealously over: pecuniae spe atque animo: divitiis, V.: publicis thensauris, L.—To settle on, brood over: ponto nox incubat atra, V.