accubation
US/ˌɑ.kjuˈbeɪ.ʃən/
accubation noun: the act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
Noun
accubation (uncountable)
- The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
- Accubation was introduced in Rome after the first Punic War (264-241 BC). In Greece accubation was unknown at the time of the Homeric poems (cf. Od. i. 145 ἑξείης ἕζοντο κατὰ κλισμούς τε θρόνους τε, XV. 134 ἑζέσθην δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔπειτα κατὰ κλισμούς τε θρόνους τε), but afterwards the Greeks and Romans...1902, Journal of Biblical literature, volumes 21-22, page 64
- Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by very many Nations.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
accubation meaning in Urdu
accubation in Urdu
- ٹیک لگانا, سہارا لینا, جھکنا
Origin of accubation
From Latin accubatiō, accubitiō, from accubō (“to recline”), from ad- + cubō (“to lie down”).
Words that rhyme with accubation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
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- abbreviation
- adaptation
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- bifurcation
- concentration
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- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about accubation
- What does accubation mean?
- Accubation means the act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
- What is accubation in Urdu?
- Accubation in Urdu is ٹیک لگانا, سہارا لینا, جھکنا. See Accubation meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is accubation?
- Accubation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce accubation?
- Accubation is pronounced /ˌɑ.kjuˈbeɪ.ʃən/ (US).
Words near accubation in the dictionary
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