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LNS

incubō, incubāre, incuī, itus

in, cubo

verb (1^st conjugation)

to lie in, upon
Jupiter
To sit upon eggs, to brood, to hatch
To abide or dwell in
To be in, lie in, rest in or on
To cling to, fall upon

Abbreviations

in-cubo, ui, itum, āre (rarely āvi, ātum, in the sense of to brood), 1, v. n. and a., to lie in a place or upon a thing (class.). Lit.: hic leno aegrotus incubat in Aesculapii fano, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 61: namque incubare satius te fuerat Jovi, against (the statue of) Jupiter, id. ib. 2, 2, 16: umero incubat hasta, rests, lies upon her shoulder, Ov. M. 6, 593: ipsi caetris superpositis incubantes flumen tranavere, Liv. 21, 27, 5: his (utribus) incubantes tranavere amnem, Curt. 7, 21, 18.

— Poet.: ferro, to fall upon one's sword, Sen. Hippol. 259.

— In part. pres.: incubans, lying near to, bordering upon: jugum mari, Plin. 6, 17, 20, § 53.

— In partic. To sit upon eggs, to brood, to hatch: gallinas incubare fetibus alienigenis patiemur, Col. 8, 5, 10: ova gallinis incubanda subicere, Plin. 10, 59, 79, § 161: ova incubita, id. 29, 3, 11, § 45.

— To abide or dwell in: rure incubabo in praefectura mea, Plaut. Cas. 1, 1, 21: lucos et specus, to inhabit, App. M. 4, p. 150, 15.

— Pregn.: tabernulam littori proximam, vitatis maris fluctibus, incubabant, i. e. entered and lodged, App. M. 7, p. 190.

— To be in, lie in, rest in or on: purpura atque auro, Sen. Thyest. 909: pavidusque pinnis anxiae noctis vigil incubabat, on his wings, id. ib. 570 sq.

— To cling to, fall upon, said of mourners over the dead, etc.: indigna fui marito accendisse rogum, incubuisse viro? Luc. 9, 57; 8, 727; cf. id. 2, 27 al.

— Trop., to brood over, to watch jealously over a thing, either to keep or get possession of it: qui illi pecuniae, quam condiderat, spe jam atque animo incubaret, Cic. Clu. 26, 72: auro, Verg. G. 2, 507: divitiis, id. A. 6, 610: publicis thesauris, to retain sole possession of, Liv. 6, 15: opimae praedae, Flor. 2, 10, 2.

— To press upon, weigh upon, be a burden to, fasten on: ut inhaerentem atque incubantem Italiae extorqueret Annibalem, Flor. 2, 6, 57: protervus menti furor, Sen. Hippol. 268: illi mors gravis incubat, id. Thyest. 401.

— To settle on, attach one's self to any thing.

— Absol., of bees: nisi incubavere, Plin. 11, 16, 15, § 45.

— Usually with dat.: leo victor armento incubat, Sen. Thyest. 733: ponto nox incubat atra, glooms over, darkens, Verg. A. 1, 89: quamvis ipsis urbis faucibus incubaret, took up a position at, Flor. 1, 10, 2; but cf.: pigra incubat Caligo terras, Avien. Or. Mar. 236: caelum quod incubat urbi, Val. Fl. 2, 494.