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to watch jealously over

  • 1 incubo

    1.
    in-cŭbo, ŭi, ĭtum, 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.).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    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.—
    II.
    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.—
    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.—
    3.
    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.
    2.
    incŭbo, ōnis, m. [1. incubo], one who lies upon any thing.
    I.
    A spirit that watches over buried treasures (post-class.):

    cum modo incuboni pileum rapuisset, thesaurum invenit,

    Petr. Fragm. Trag. 38, 8.—
    II.
    The nightmare, incubus (post-class.):

    ab incubone deludi,

    Scrib. Comp. 100:

    de incubone praesumptio,

    Tert. Anim. 44.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > incubo

  • 2 in-cubō

        in-cubō uī, itus, āre,    to lie upon, rest on: Pellibus stratis, V.: umero incubat hasta, rests upon her shoulder, O.: caetris superpositis incubantes flumen tranavere, L.: aper Erymantho Incubat, lies dead, O.—Fig., to brood over, watch jealously over: pecuniae spe atque animo: divitiis, V.: publicis thensauris, L.—To settle on, brood over: ponto nox incubat atra, V.

    Latin-English dictionary > in-cubō

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