Accubation: Difference between revisions

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English

Etymology

From Latin accubātiō (“a reclining at table”), from accubō (“to recline at table”), from ad- (“to, toward”) + 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.

Modern illustrative example of accubation — Nefer reclining on a sofa (Genshashin, 2025).

Related terms

Transliteration

Hangul: 애큐베이션 (aekyubeisyeon)
Katakana: アキュベイション (akyubeishon)
Zhuyin: ㄚㄎㄧㄡㄅㄟㄕㄣ

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

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 ===Etymology===
-{{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱewb-}}
+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”).
-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}}
+* /ˌɑːkjuːˈbeɪʃən/ (US)
-* {{rhymes|en|eɪʃən|s=4}}
 ===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.
-[[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).]]
-# 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}}
+* [[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
-{{trans-bottom}}
-{{checktrans-top}}
+====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
-{{trans-bottom}}