accubitus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

accŭbĭtus, ūs, m., = accubitio.

I A reclining at table , Stat. Ach. 1, 110 (quoted by Prisc. 863 P.); id. Th. 1, 714; and perh. also Varr. ap. Isid. Orig. 20, 11, 19.—

II Per meton., a couch , Vulg. Cant. 1, 11; a place on a couch , ib. Luc. 14, 7.