accubation
Akkubation, Akkubition
The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at mealsThe act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
US/ˌɑ.kjuˈbeɪ.ʃən/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
Akkubation, Akkubition
Translations
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By meaning 1
the act or posture of reclining on a couch:
Origin
From Latin accubatiō, accubitiō, from accubō (“to recline”), from ad- + cubō (“to lie downFrom Latin accubatiō, accubitiō, from accubō (“to recline”), from ad- + cubō (“to lie down”).
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