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Created page with "==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|-}} thumb|'''Accubation''' (historical illustration). File:https://i..."
 
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱewb-}}
From Latin ''accubātiō'' (“a reclining at table”), from ''accubō'' (“to recline at table”), from ''ad-'' (“to, toward”) + ''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|-}}
'''accubation''' (uncountable)


[[File:Image from page 065 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1897) (14785123925).jpg|thumb|'''Accubation''' (historical illustration).]]
# 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:https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ga0hQkdOkGc/hq720.jpg|thumb|Modern example of accubation (Nefer reclining on a sofa).]]
[[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).]]
# 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====
====Transliteration====
{{trans-top|the act or posture of reclining on a couch}}
* Hangul: 애큐베이션 (aekyubeisyeon)
* French: {{t|fr|accubation|f}} {{q|rare}}
* Katakana: アキュベイション (akyubeishon)
* German: {{t|de|Akkubation|f}}, {{t|de|Akkubition|f}}
* Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄎㄧㄡ ㄅㄟ ㄕㄣ
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====References====
* Latin: {{t-check|la|accubatio}}
* 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
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