accubitatio

Latin

Etymology

accubitō (“I recline at the table”, stem: accubitāt-) +‎ -iō (suffix forming nouns of action)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ak.ku.biˈtaː.ti.oː/, [äkːʊbɪˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak.ku.biˈtat.t͡si.o/, [äkːubiˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

accubitātiō f (genitive accubitātiōnis); third declension

1. a reclining (at meals)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	accubitātiō	accubitātiōnēs
Genitive	accubitātiōnis	accubitātiōnum
Dative	accubitātiōnī	accubitātiōnibus
Accusative	accubitātiōnem	accubitātiōnēs
Ablative	accubitātiōne	accubitātiōnibus
Vocative	accubitātiō	accubitātiōnēs

References

• “accubitatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• accubitatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.