incumbo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

incumbō cubuī, cubitus, ere

CVB-, to lay oneself, lean, press, support oneself : in scuta, L.: in gladium, fall on : toro, V.: validis incumbere remis, bend to , V.: tecto incubuit bubo, perched on , O.: ferro, fall on , O.— To lean, incline, overhang : silex incumbebat ad amnem, V.: ad vos, O.: laurus Incumbens arae, V.—In war, to press upon, throw oneself : in hostem, L.: unum in locum totam periculi molem incubuisse, L.—Fig., to press upon, settle on, burden, oppress, weigh upon : Incubuere (venti) mari, V.: tempestas silvis Incubuit, V.: febrium Terris incubuit cohors, H.— To make an effort, apply oneself, exert oneself, take pains with, pay attention to : Tum Teucri incumbunt, V.: nunc, nunc incumbere tempus, O.: huc incumbe, attend to this : et animo et opibus in id bellum, Cs.: omni studio ad bellum: acrius ad ulciscendas rei p. iniurias: ut inclinato (iudici) incumbat oratio, influence : fato urguenti, i. e. accelerate , V.: sarcire ruinas, V.: suis viribus incubuit, ut, etc., L.— To incline, choose, be inclined to, lean towards : eos, quocumque incubuerit, impellere, whithersoever he may try : eodem incumbunt municipia, are inclined : inclinatio incubuit ad virum bonum: in cupiditatem.

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