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===Etymology===

From Latin ''~~accubatiō~~'', from ''accubō'' (“to ~~recline”~~), from ''ad-'' (~~“to”~~) + ''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===

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===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.

~~<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~~:~~//i.ytimg.com/vi/ga0hQkdOkGc/hq720~~.jpg~~" width="400">~~

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

~~<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====

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* [[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====

* 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===
-From Latin ''accubatiō'', from ''accubō'' (“to recline”), from ''ad-'' (“to”) + ''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===
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 ===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.
-<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://i.ytimg.com/vi/ga0hQkdOkGc/hq720.jpg" width="400">
+[[File:Nefer-accubation-image.jpg|thumb|Modern illustrative example of accubation — Nefer reclining on a sofa (Genshashin, 2025).]]
-<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====
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 * [[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: 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