procumbo

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ *cumbō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈkum.boː/, [proːˈkʊmboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈkum.bo/, [proˈkumbo]

Verb

prōcumbō (present infinitive prōcumbere, perfect active prōcubuī, supine prōcubitum); third conjugation

1. to fall forward
2. to sink down

   Synonyms: dēmergō, summergō, immergō, dēmittō, sepeliō, supprimō, mergō

3. to prostrate (oneself)

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōcumbō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōcumbō	prōcumbis	prōcumbit	prōcumbimus	prōcumbitis	prōcumbunt
	imperfect	prōcumbēbam	prōcumbēbās	prōcumbēbat	prōcumbēbāmus	prōcumbēbātis	prōcumbēbant
	future	prōcumbam	prōcumbēs	prōcumbet	prōcumbēmus	prōcumbētis	prōcumbent
	perfect	prōcubuī	prōcubuistī	prōcubuit	prōcubuimus	prōcubuistis	prōcubuērunt, prōcubuēre
	pluperfect	prōcubueram	prōcubuerās	prōcubuerat	prōcubuerāmus	prōcubuerātis	prōcubuerant
	future perfect	prōcubuerō	prōcubueris	prōcubuerit	prōcubuerimus	prōcubueritis	prōcubuerint
passive	present	prōcumbor	prōcumberis, prōcumbere	prōcumbitur	prōcumbimur	prōcumbiminī	prōcumbuntur
	imperfect	prōcumbēbar	prōcumbēbāris, prōcumbēbāre	prōcumbēbātur	prōcumbēbāmur	prōcumbēbāminī	prōcumbēbantur
	future	prōcumbar	prōcumbēris, prōcumbēre	prōcumbētur	prōcumbēmur	prōcumbēminī	prōcumbentur
	perfect	prōcubitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōcubitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōcubitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōcumbam	prōcumbās	prōcumbat	prōcumbāmus	prōcumbātis	prōcumbant
	imperfect	prōcumberem	prōcumberēs	prōcumberet	prōcumberēmus	prōcumberētis	prōcumberent
	perfect	prōcubuerim	prōcubuerīs	prōcubuerit	prōcubuerīmus	prōcubuerītis	prōcubuerint
	pluperfect	prōcubuissem	prōcubuissēs	prōcubuisset	prōcubuissēmus	prōcubuissētis	prōcubuissent
passive	present	prōcumbar	prōcumbāris, prōcumbāre	prōcumbātur	prōcumbāmur	prōcumbāminī	prōcumbantur
	imperfect	prōcumberer	prōcumberēris, prōcumberēre	prōcumberētur	prōcumberēmur	prōcumberēminī	prōcumberentur
	perfect	prōcubitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōcubitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōcumbe	—	—	prōcumbite	—
	future	—	prōcumbitō	prōcumbitō	—	prōcumbitōte	prōcumbuntō
passive	present	—	prōcumbere	—	—	prōcumbiminī	—
	future	—	prōcumbitor	prōcumbitor	—	—	prōcumbuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōcumbere	prōcubuisse	prōcubitūrum esse	prōcumbī	prōcubitum esse	prōcubitum īrī
participles		prōcumbēns	—	prōcubitūrus	—	prōcubitus	prōcumbendus, prōcumbundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōcumbendī	prōcumbendō	prōcumbendum	prōcumbendō	prōcubitum	prōcubitū

References

• “procumbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “procumbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• procumbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fall on the ground: humi procumbere
    
  • to throw oneself at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius se proicere, se abicere, procumbere, se prosternere