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MoribundMurdoch: /* Etymology */

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Etymology

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	===Etymology===		===Etymology===
	From Latin ''[~~[wikt:la~~:accubātiō~~\|accubātiō]~~]'' (“a reclining at table”), from ''[~~[wikt:la~~:~~accubō\|~~accubō]]'' (“to recline at table”), from ''[~~[wikt:la~~:ad-\|ad-]]'' (“to, toward”) + ''[~~[wikt:la~~:cubō~~\|cubō]~~]'' (“to lie down”).		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===		===Pronunciation===

MoribundMurdoch: /* Etymology */

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Etymology

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	===Etymology===		===Etymology===
	From Latin ''accubātiō'' (“a reclining at table”), from ''accubō'' (“to recline at table”), from ''ad-'' (“to, toward”) + ''cubō'' (“to lie down”).		From Latin ''[[wikt:la:accubātiō\|accubātiō]]'' (“a reclining at table”), from ''[[wikt:la:accubō\|accubō]]'' (“to recline at table”), from ''[[wikt:la:ad-\|ad-]]'' (“to, toward”) + ''[[wikt:la:cubō\|cubō]]'' (“to lie down”).

	===Pronunciation===		===Pronunciation===

MoribundMurdoch: /* Translations */

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Translations

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	* [[accumbent]]		* [[accumbent]]

	====~~Translations~~====		====Transliteration====
	* ~~French~~: ~~''accubation''~~ (~~rare~~)		* Hangul: 애큐베이션 (aekyubeisyeon)
	* ~~German~~: ~~''Akkubation'', ''Akkubition''~~		* Katakana: アキュベイション (akyubeishon)
	* ~~Latin~~: ~~''accubatio''~~		* Zhuyin: ㄚㄎㄧㄡㄅㄟㄕㄣ

	====References====		====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		* 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

MoribundMurdoch at 02:00, 26 February 2026

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	# 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.		# 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.

	~~<div style="text-align~~:~~center;">~~		[[File:Image from page 065 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1897) (14785123925).jpg\|thumb\|Accubation in antiquity (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).]]
	~~<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Image_from_page_065_of_The_Century_dictionary_and_cyclopedia_%281897%29_%2814785123925%29~~.jpg~~" width="400">~~
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	~~<small>~~Accubation in antiquity (~~historical illustration~~).~~</small>~~
	~~</div>~~

	[[File:Nefer-accubation-image.jpg\|thumb\|Modern illustrative example of accubation — Nefer reclining on a sofa (Genshashin, 2025).]]		[[File:Nefer-accubation-image.jpg\|thumb\|Modern illustrative example of accubation — Nefer reclining on a sofa (Genshashin, 2025).]]

MoribundMurdoch at 01:58, 26 February 2026

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	# 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.		# 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 (historical illustration).]]		<div style="text-align:center;">
			<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Image_from_page_065_of_The_Century_dictionary_and_cyclopedia_%281897%29_%2814785123925%29.jpg" width="400">
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			<small>Accubation in antiquity (historical illustration).</small>
			</div>

	[[File:Nefer-accubation-image.jpg\|thumb\|Modern illustrative example of accubation — Nefer reclining on a sofa (Genshashin, 2025).]]		[[File:Nefer-accubation-image.jpg\|thumb\|Modern illustrative example of accubation — Nefer reclining on a sofa (Genshashin, 2025).]]

MoribundMurdoch at 01:56, 26 February 2026

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	===Etymology===		===Etymology===
	From Latin ''~~accubatiō~~'', from ''accubō'' (“to ~~recline”~~), from ''ad-'' (~~“to”~~) + ''cubō'' (“to lie down”).		From Latin ''accubātiō'' (“a reclining at table”), from ''accubō'' (“to recline at table”), from ''ad-'' (“to, toward”) + ''cubō'' (“to lie down”).

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

	# The act or posture of reclining on a couch, ~~as practiced by~~ the ~~ancients at meals~~.		# 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 (historical illustration).]]		[[File:Image from page 065 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1897) (14785123925).jpg\|thumb\|Accubation in antiquity (historical illustration).]]

	[[File:Nefer-accubation.~~webp~~\|thumb\|Modern illustrative example of accubation — Nefer reclining on a sofa (Genshashin, 2025).]]		[[File:Nefer-accubation-image.jpg\|thumb\|Modern illustrative example of accubation — Nefer reclining on a sofa (Genshashin, 2025).]]

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	* German: ''Akkubation'', ''Akkubition''		* German: ''Akkubation'', ''Akkubition''
	* Latin: ''accubatio''		* Latin: ''accubatio''

			====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

MoribundMurdoch: /* Noun */

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Noun

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	===Noun===		===Noun===

			# The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.

	[[File:Image from page 065 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1897) (14785123925).jpg\|thumb\|Accubation (historical illustration).]]		[[File:Image from page 065 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1897) (14785123925).jpg\|thumb\|Accubation (historical illustration).]]

	~~<div style="text~~-~~align:center;">~~		[[File:Nefer-accubation.webp\|thumb\|Modern illustrative example of accubation — Nefer reclining on a sofa (Genshashin, 2025).]]
	~~<img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ga0hQkdOkGc/hq720~~.~~jpg" width="400">~~
	~~<br>~~
	~~<small>~~Modern illustrative example of accubation (Nefer reclining on a sofa).~~</small>~~
	~~</div>~~

	~~# The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.~~

	====Related terms====		====Related terms====

MoribundMurdoch at 01:30, 26 February 2026

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	===Etymology===		===Etymology===
	~~{{root\|en\|ine-pro\|*ḱewb-}}~~		From Latin ''accubatiō'', from ''accubō'' (“to recline”), from ''ad-'' (“to”) + ''cubō'' (“to lie down”).
	From ~~{{bor\|en\|la\|~~accubatiō~~}}, {{m\|la\|accubitiō}}~~, from ~~{{m\|la\|~~accubō~~\|\|to recline}}~~, from ~~{{m\|la\|\|~~ad-}} + ~~{{m\|la\|~~cubō~~\|\|to~~ lie ~~down}}~~.

	===Pronunciation===		===Pronunciation===
	* ~~{{IPA\|en\|~~/~~ˌɑ.kjuˈbeɪ.ʃən~~/~~\|a=~~US}}		* /ˌɑːkjuːˈbeɪʃən/ (US)
	* {{rhymes\|en\|eɪʃən\|s=4}}

	===Noun===		===Noun===
	~~{{en-noun\|-}}~~

	[[File:Image from page 065 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1897) (14785123925).jpg\|thumb\|~~'''~~Accubation~~'''~~ (historical illustration).]]		[[File:Image from page 065 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1897) (14785123925).jpg\|thumb\|Accubation (historical illustration).]]

	[[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ga0hQkdOkGc/hq720.jpg]]		<div style="text-align:center;">
	''Modern illustrative example of accubation (Nefer reclining on a sofa).''		<img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ga0hQkdOkGc/hq720.jpg" width="400">
			<br>
			<small>Modern illustrative example of accubation (Nefer reclining on a sofa).</small>
			</div>

	# The act or [[posture]] of [[reclining]] on a [[couch]], as [[practiced]] by the ancients at meals.		# The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
	#* {{quote-journal\|en\|journal=Journal of Biblical literature\|volume=21-22\|page=64\|year=1902\|passage='''Accubation''' was introduced in Rome after the first Punic War (264-241 BC). In Greece '''accubation''' was unknown at the time of the Homeric poems (cf. Od. i. 145 ἑξείης ἕζοντο κατὰ κλισμούς τε θρόνους τε, XV. 134 ἑζέσθην δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔπειτα κατὰ κλισμούς τε θρόνους τε), but afterwards the Greeks and Romans adopted this Oriental fashion and lay very nearly flat on their breasts while taking their meals, or in a semi-sitting posture supported on the left elbow.\|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=XA1AZqgPF74C}}
	~~#* {{RQ:Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica\|edition=2nd\|passage='''Accubation''', or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by very many Nations.}}~~

	====Related terms====		====Related terms====
	* ~~{{l\|en\|~~accumb}}		* [[accumb]]
	* ~~{{l\|en\|~~accumbent}}		* [[accumbent]]

	====Translations====		====Translations====
	~~{{trans-top\|the act or posture of reclining on a couch}}~~		* French: ''accubation'' (rare)
	* French: ~~{{t\|fr\|~~accubation~~\|f}} {{q\|~~rare}}		* German: ''Akkubation'', ''Akkubition''
	* German: ~~{{t\|de\|~~Akkubation~~\|f}}~~, ~~{{t\|de\|~~Akkubition~~\|f}}~~		* Latin: ''accubatio''
	~~{{trans-bottom}}~~

	~~{{checktrans-top}}~~
	* Latin: ~~{{t-check\|la\|~~accubatio}}
	~~{{trans-bottom}}~~

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	[[File:Image from page 065 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1897) (14785123925).jpg\|thumb\|'''Accubation''' (historical illustration).]]		[[File:Image from page 065 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1897) (14785123925).jpg\|thumb\|'''Accubation''' (historical illustration).]]

	[[~~File:~~https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ga0hQkdOkGc/hq720.jpg~~\|thumb\|~~Modern example of accubation (Nefer reclining on a sofa).]]		[[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ga0hQkdOkGc/hq720.jpg]]
			''Modern illustrative example of accubation (Nefer reclining on a sofa).''

	# The act or [[posture]] of [[reclining]] on a [[couch]], as [[practiced]] by the ancients at meals.		# The act or [[posture]] of [[reclining]] on a [[couch]], as [[practiced]] by the ancients at meals.

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==English==

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱewb-}}
From {{bor|en|la|accubatiō}}, {{m|la|accubitiō}}, from {{m|la|accubō||to recline}}, from {{m|la||ad-}} + {{m|la|cubō||to lie down}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˌɑ.kjuˈbeɪ.ʃən/|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪʃən|s=4}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|-}}

[[File:Image from page 065 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1897) (14785123925).jpg|thumb|'''Accubation''' (historical illustration).]]

[[File:https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ga0hQkdOkGc/hq720.jpg|thumb|Modern example of accubation (Nefer reclining on a sofa).]]

# The act or [[posture]] of [[reclining]] on a [[couch]], as [[practiced]] by the ancients at meals.
#* {{quote-journal|en|journal=Journal of Biblical literature|volume=21-22|page=64|year=1902|passage='''Accubation''' was introduced in Rome after the first Punic War (264-241 BC). In Greece '''accubation''' was unknown at the time of the Homeric poems (cf. Od. i. 145 ἑξείης ἕζοντο κατὰ κλισμούς τε θρόνους τε, XV. 134 ἑζέσθην δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔπειτα κατὰ κλισμούς τε θρόνους τε), but afterwards the Greeks and Romans adopted this Oriental fashion and lay very nearly flat on their breasts while taking their meals, or in a semi-sitting posture supported on the left elbow.|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=XA1AZqgPF74C}}
#* {{RQ:Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica|edition=2nd|passage='''Accubation''', or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by very many Nations.}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|accumb}}
* {{l|en|accumbent}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|the act or posture of reclining on a couch}}
* French: {{t|fr|accubation|f}} {{q|rare}}
* German: {{t|de|Akkubation|f}}, {{t|de|Akkubition|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Latin: {{t-check|la|accubatio}}
{{trans-bottom}}