Editing Accubation

==English==

===Etymology===
From Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accubitio#Latin accubātiō]'' (“a reclining at table”), from ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accubo#Latin accubō]'' (“to recline at table”), from ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ad-#Latin ad-]'' (“to, toward”) + ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cubo#Latin cubō]'' (“to lie down”).

===Pronunciation===
* /ˌɑːkjuːˈbeɪʃən/ (US)

===Noun===
'''accubation''' (uncountable)

# The act or posture of reclining on a couch, especially in reference to the custom of the ancient Greeks and Romans of reclining while dining.

[[File:Image from page 065 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1897) (14785123925).jpg|thumb|Accubation in antiquity (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).]]
[[File:Nefer-accubation-image.jpg|thumb|Modern illustrative example of accubation — Nefer reclining on a sofa (Genshashin, 2025).]]

====Related terms====
* [[accumb]]
* [[accumbent]]

====Transliteration====
* Hangul: 애큐베이션 (aekyubeisyeon)
* Katakana: アキュベイション (akyubeishon)
* Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄎㄧㄡ ㄅㄟ ㄕㄣ

====References====
* Genshashin. 2025. “She's Nefer gonna let you down!” TikTok video (November 4, 2025). Accessed February 25, 2026. https://www.tiktok.com/@genshashin/video/7569026369892437269