cubile
English
Etymology
Noun
cubile (plural cubiles)
- (obsolete, architecture) The lowest course of stones in a building.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cubile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Etymology
From cubō (“I lie down”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kuˈbiː.le/, [kʊˈbiː.ɫɛ]
Noun
cubīle n (genitive cubīlis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cubīle | cubīlia |
| genitive | cubīlis | cubīlium |
| dative | cubīlī | cubīlibus |
| accusative | cubīle | cubīlia |
| ablative | cubīlī | cubīlibus |
| vocative | cubīle | cubīlia |
Synonyms
- (bed): lectus
Descendants
- Portuguese: covil
- Spanish: cubil
References
- cubile in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cubile in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cubile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cubile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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