Procumbo, bis, bui, bitum, pen cor. procúmbere. Liu.To lie flat or prostrate: to come narrow togither: to bende vowne cowarde the grounde.Soluti vino procubuere.Virg.Lassus studio venandi procubuit.Ouid.In terram toto procumbere vultu. Oui. To lie with his face flat to the grounde.Terræ procumbere: Hoc est, in terram.Ouid.Pede offenso procumbere.Ouid.To stumble and fall flatte downe.Genu succiduo procumbere.Ouid.Genu posito suppliciter procumbere. Oui. To kneele down: humbly to intreate.Genibus alicuius procumbere: Hoc est, ad genua.Ouid.Procumbere ad genua, vel ad pedes alicuius.Liu.To fall downe prostrate at ones feete.Ante pedes alicuius procumbere. Oui. Procumbere ad arborem. Plin. To leane to a tree.Procumbere in armos. Mart. Culmus procumbit grauidis aristis. Vir. The corne lieth flat with heauie eares.Domus lapsa in domini procubuit caput.Ouid.Fel downe.Nemora omnia latè procumbunt. Lucan. All the woodes a great space are cut downe and lie on the grounde.Procubuere segetes imbribus. Cæs. Were lodged, &c.Tectum thalami procumbit.Ouid.Tecta super habitantes procubuere. Quint. The houses fell downe on the inhabitants.Turris procubuir pondere.Virg.Procumbunt misites. Cæs. Souldiouts fall flat to % ground as they were dead or slaine.Procumbit humi bos. Vir. Metu procubuere feræ. Sta. Bello & armis procubuisse. Valer. Flac. To haue bene slaine in warre.Certamine summo procumbunt.Virg.Procubuere pares fatis.Stat.Ictu faxi procumbit. Sil. He is slaine or striken downe dead with a stone.Manu nostra procubuere.Ouid.They were slaine of vs.Strage hac me vellem procubuisse.Val. Flac. Procumbere. Plin. To hang or bende downe towarde the grounde.Taxi procumbentes. Lucan. Bending downewarde.
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prō-cumbo, cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, 3, v. n.I.Lit., to fall forwards, fall or sink down, to prostrate one's self; of the wounded, the dying, suppliants, etc. (class.; cf.; cado, ruo): procumbunt Gallis omnibus ad pedes Bituriges, ne pulcherrimam urbem succendere cogerentur, Caes. B. G. 7, 15: genibus, Ov M. 13, 585: ad genua alicujus, Liv 25, 7: ad pedes alicujus, Gell. 10, 15, 10: ante pedes, Ov. M. 10, 415; Petr. 30: templis, Tib. 1, 5, 41 (1, 2, 83): qui vulneribus confecti procubuissent, Caes. B. G. 2, 27; so, in genua, Curt. 9, 5, 13: Coroebus Penelei dextrā Procumbit, Verg. A. 2, 424.—With dat. (post-Aug.): sibi tres legiones procubuisse,
had yielded
, Tac. A. 1, 59: veteranae cohortes, quibus nuper Othonis legiones procubuerint, id. H. 4, 17.—Poet., to fall upon, attack, Mart. 1, 60, 3.—To lean or bend forwards: olli certamine summo Procumbunt, i.e.
they bend to their oars
, Verg. A. 5, 197.— B.Transf., of inanimate subjects, to lean forwards, bend down, sink, to be beaten or broken down (class.): tigna prona ac fastigiata, ut secundum naturam fluminis procumberent, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: frumenta imbribus procubuerant, i.e.
were beaten down
, id. ib. 6, 43: ne gravidis procumbat culmus aristis, Verg. G. 1, 111: ulmus in aram ipsam procumbebat, Plin. 16, 32, 57, 132.— Of buildings: (domus) in domini procubuit caput, Ov. P. 1, 9, 14: tecta super habitantes, Quint. 2, 16, 6; Plin. Pan. 50, 3; Ov. M. 13, 176.—2.To be upset, break down; of a vehicle: nam si procubuit qui saxa Ligustica portat Axis, Juv 3, 257.—II.Trop., to fall or sink down (poet. and post-Aug.): procumbere in voluptates, to sink into sensuality, Sen. Ep. 18, 2: procumbentem rem publicam restituere,
sinking
, Vell. 2, 16, 4: res procubuere meae, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 2.—B.To extend, spread: mons Haemus vasto jugo procumbens in Pontum, Plin. 4, 11, 18, 45: planities sub radicibus montium spatiosa procumbit, Curt. 5, 4, 6.