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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}}. | |
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| ===Pronunciation=== | | ===Pronunciation=== |
| * {{IPA|en|/ˌɑ.kjuˈbeɪ.ʃən/|a=US}} | | * /ˌɑːkjuːˈbeɪʃən/ (US) |
| * {{rhymes|en|eɪʃən|s=4}}
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| ===Noun=== | | ===Noun=== |
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| | '''accubation''' (uncountable) |
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| [[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. |
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| [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ga0hQkdOkGc/hq720.jpg]] | | [[File:Image from page 065 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1897) (14785123925).jpg|thumb|Accubation in antiquity (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).]] |
| ''Modern illustrative example of accubation (Nefer reclining on a sofa).''
| | [[File:Nefer-accubation-image.jpg|thumb|Modern illustrative example of accubation — Nefer reclining on a sofa (Genshashin, 2025).]] |
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| # The act or [[posture]] of [[reclining]] on a [[couch]], as [[practiced]] by the ancients at meals.
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| #* {{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}}
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| #* {{RQ:Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica|edition=2nd|passage='''Accubation''', or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by very many Nations.}}
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| ====Related terms==== | | ====Related terms==== |
| * {{l|en|accumb}} | | * [[accumb]] |
| * {{l|en|accumbent}} | | * [[accumbent]] |
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| ====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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