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1 incubatio
I.Lit.:II.incubationi datur initium post novam lunam,
Plin. 10, 54, 75, § 152:noxia ovis,
id. 10, 56, 77, § 156:derelicta,
id. 10, 60, 80, § 166.—Trop., an unlawful possession: diuturna, Cod. Th. 10. 1, 15; id. Just. 7, 38, 3. -
2 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.:B.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.1.To sit upon eggs, to brood, to hatch:2.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:3.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:4.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.:II.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:2.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:3.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:2.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.incŭbo, ōnis, m. [1. incubo], one who lies upon any thing.I.A spirit that watches over buried treasures (post-class.):II.cum modo incuboni pileum rapuisset, thesaurum invenit,
Petr. Fragm. Trag. 38, 8.—The nightmare, incubus (post-class.):ab incubone deludi,
Scrib. Comp. 100:de incubone praesumptio,
Tert. Anim. 44.
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