cubito

See also: cúbito

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cubitus. See also gomito, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.bi.to/
• Rhymes: -ubito
• Hyphenation: cù‧bi‧to

Noun

cubito m (plural cubiti)

1. (literary) elbow

   Synonym: gomito

2. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: ulna

3. (historical) cubit (unit of measure)

Related terms

• cubitale

Further reading

• cubito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bi.toː/, [ˈkʊbɪt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bi.to/, [ˈkuːbit̪o]

Etymology 1

From cubō (“I recline”) +‎ -tō.

Verb

cubitō (present infinitive cubitāre, perfect active cubitāvī, supine cubitātum); first conjugation

1. I recline, lie down (often)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cubitō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cubitō	cubitās	cubitat	cubitāmus	cubitātis	cubitant
	imperfect	cubitābam	cubitābās	cubitābat	cubitābāmus	cubitābātis	cubitābant
	future	cubitābō	cubitābis	cubitābit	cubitābimus	cubitābitis	cubitābunt
	perfect	cubitāvī	cubitāvistī	cubitāvit	cubitāvimus	cubitāvistis	cubitāvērunt, cubitāvēre
	pluperfect	cubitāveram	cubitāverās	cubitāverat	cubitāverāmus	cubitāverātis	cubitāverant
	future perfect	cubitāverō	cubitāveris	cubitāverit	cubitāverimus	cubitāveritis	cubitāverint
passive	present	cubitor	cubitāris, cubitāre	cubitātur	cubitāmur	cubitāminī	cubitantur
	imperfect	cubitābar	cubitābāris, cubitābāre	cubitābātur	cubitābāmur	cubitābāminī	cubitābantur
	future	cubitābor	cubitāberis, cubitābere	cubitābitur	cubitābimur	cubitābiminī	cubitābuntur
	perfect	cubitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cubitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cubitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cubitem	cubitēs	cubitet	cubitēmus	cubitētis	cubitent
	imperfect	cubitārem	cubitārēs	cubitāret	cubitārēmus	cubitārētis	cubitārent
	perfect	cubitāverim	cubitāverīs	cubitāverit	cubitāverīmus	cubitāverītis	cubitāverint
	pluperfect	cubitāvissem	cubitāvissēs	cubitāvisset	cubitāvissēmus	cubitāvissētis	cubitāvissent
passive	present	cubiter	cubitēris, cubitēre	cubitētur	cubitēmur	cubitēminī	cubitentur
	imperfect	cubitārer	cubitārēris, cubitārēre	cubitārētur	cubitārēmur	cubitārēminī	cubitārentur
	perfect	cubitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cubitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cubitā	—	—	cubitāte	—
	future	—	cubitātō	cubitātō	—	cubitātōte	cubitantō
passive	present	—	cubitāre	—	—	cubitāminī	—
	future	—	cubitātor	cubitātor	—	—	cubitantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cubitāre	cubitāvisse	cubitātūrum esse	cubitārī	cubitātum esse	cubitātum īrī
participles		cubitāns	—	cubitātūrus	—	cubitātus	cubitandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cubitandī	cubitandō	cubitandum	cubitandō	cubitātum	cubitātū

Derived terms

• accubitō
• excubitor

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) cubitō m

1. dative/ablative singular of cubitum

References

• “cubito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cubito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cubito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

cubo +‎ -ito

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈbito/ [kuˈβ̞i.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: cu‧bi‧to

Noun

cubito m (plural cubitos)

1. ice cube (clipping of cubito de hielo.)

Derived terms

• cubitera (“ice cube tray”) (Colombia, Venezuela)

Further reading

• “cubito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28