Italian

Noun

incubo m ‎(plural incubi)

1. nightmare, incubus

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

Descendants

• English: incubate
• Spanish: incubar

References

• incŭbo¹ in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “incubo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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

Related terms

Portuguese

Verb

incubo

1. first-person singular present indicative of incubar

Spanish

Verb

incubo

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