prō-cumbo, cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, 3, v. n.
I Lit., to fall forwards , fall or sink down , to prostrate one's self; of the wounded, the dying, suppliants, etc. (class.; cf.; cado, ruo): procumbunt Gallis omnibus ad pedes Bituriges, ne pulcherrimam urbem succendere cogerentur, Caes. B. G. 7, 15: genibus, Ov. M. 13, 585: ad genua alicujus, Liv. 25, 7: ad pedes alicujus, Gell. 10, 15, 10: ante pedes, Ov. M. 10, 415; Petr. 30: templis, Tib. 1, 5, 41 (1, 2, 83): qui vulneribus confecti procubuissent, Caes. B. G. 2, 27; so, in genua, Curt. 9, 5, 13: Coroebus Penelei dextrā Procumbit, Verg. A. 2, 424.—With dat. (post-Aug.): sibi tres legiones procubuisse, had yielded , Tac. A. 1, 59: veteranae cohortes, quibus nuper Othonis legiones procubuerint, id. H. 4, 17.—Poet., to fall upon , attack , Mart. 1, 60, 3.— To lean or bend forwards : olli certamine summo Procumbunt, i.e. they bend to their oars , Verg. A. 5, 197.—
B Transf., of inanimate subjects, to lean forwards , bend down , sink , to be beaten or broken down (class.): tigna prona ac fastigiata, ut secundum naturam fluminis procumberent, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: frumenta imbribus procubuerant, i.e. were beaten down , id. ib. 6, 43: ne gravidis procumbat culmus aristis, Verg. G. 1, 111: ulmus in aram ipsam procumbebat, Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132.— Of buildings: (domus) in domini procubuit caput, Ov. P. 1, 9, 14: tecta super habitantes, Quint. 2, 16, 6; Plin. Pan. 50, 3; Ov. M. 13, 176.—
2 To be upset , break down; of a vehicle: nam si procubuit qui saxa Ligustica portat Axis, Juv. 3, 257.—
II Trop., to fall or sink down (poet. and post-Aug.): procumbere in voluptates, to sink into sensuality , Sen. Ep. 18, 2: procumbentem rem publicam restituere, sinking , Vell. 2, 16, 4: res procubuere meae, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 2.—
B To extend , spread : mons Haemus vasto jugo procumbens in Pontum, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 45: planities sub radicibus montium spatiosa procumbit, Curt. 5, 4, 6.