incubo

See also: incubò, incubó, and íncubo

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin incubus.

Noun

incubo m (plural incubi)

  1. nightmare, incubus
    Mi sono risvegliato da un incubo.
    I woke from a nightmare.

Verb

incubo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of incubare

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.ku.boː/, [ˈɪŋ.kʊ.boː]

Etymology 1

From in- +‎ cubō (“I lie down”).

Verb

incubō (present infinitive incubāre, perfect active incubuī, supine incubitum); first conjugation, no passive

  1. I lie in or on.
  2. I sit upon to brood or hatch.
  3. I abide in; I inhabit.
  4. (figuratively) I brood over.
  5. (figuratively) I weigh upon; I am a burden to.
  6. I settle on; I attach to.
Conjugation
   Conjugation of incubo (first conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present incubō incubās incubat incubāmus incubātis incubant
imperfect incubābam incubābās incubābat incubābāmus incubābātis incubābant
future incubābō incubābis incubābit incubābimus incubābitis incubābunt
perfect incubuī incubuistī incubuit incubuimus incubuistis incubuērunt, incubuēre
pluperfect incubueram incubuerās incubuerat incubuerāmus incubuerātis incubuerant
future perfect incubuerō incubueris incubuerit incubuerimus incubueritis incubuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present incubem incubēs incubet incubēmus incubētis incubent
imperfect incubārem incubārēs incubāret incubārēmus incubārētis incubārent
perfect incubuerim incubuerīs incubuerit incubuerimus incubueritis incubuerint
pluperfect incubuissem incubuissēs incubuisset incubuissēmus incubuissētis incubuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — incubā — — incubāte —
future — incubātō incubātō — incubātōte incubantō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives incubāre incubuisse incubitūrus esse — — —
participles incubāns — incubitūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
incubāre incubandī incubandō incubandum incubitum incubitū
Descendants

References

Etymology 2

From incubō (“I lie upon, I brood over, I am a burden to”) +‎ -ō.

Noun

incubō m (genitive incubōnis); third declension

  1. one who lies upon something
  2. a spirit who watches over buried treasure
  3. an incubus, nightmare
Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative incubo incubōnēs
Genitive incubōnis incubōnum
Dative incubōnī incubōnibus
Accusative incubōnem incubōnēs
Ablative incubōne incubōnibus
Vocative incubo incubōnēs
Synonyms
  • (incubus, nightmare): incubitor, incubus

References
  • incŭbo² in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • incubo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • incubo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • incubo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Etymology 3

Regularly declined forms of incubus.

Noun

incubō m

  1. dative singular of incubus
  2. ablative singular of incubus

Portuguese

Verb

incubo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of incubar

Spanish

Verb

incubo

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