Latin

Verb

incumbō ‎(present infinitive incumbere, perfect active incumbuī); third conjugation, no passive

1. I lay oneself upon; I lean or recline on something.
2. I press down on, fall upon (e.g. one's sword)

   Ferro incumbere.

   Gladio incumbere.

   In gladium incumbere.

   To fall on his sword.

Usage notes

• Constructed with in ("in"), ad ("to", "towards", "on"), super ("upon") or the dative, also with the accusative.

  Incumbere in parietem.

  To lean on a wall.

Inflection

Derived terms

• incumbēns

Descendants

• French: incomber
• Spanish: incumbir

References

• incumbo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• incumbo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “incumbo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be energetic about, throw one's heart into a thing: incumbere in (ad) aliquid
    
  • to devote one's every thought to the state's welfare: in rem publicam omni cogitatione curaque incumbere (Fam. 10. 1. 2)
    
  • to carry on a war energetically: omni studio in (ad) bellum incumbere
    

Portuguese

Verb

incumbo

1. first-person singular present indicative of incumbir

Spanish

Verb

incumbo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of incumbir.