accubation

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  1. The act of lying down or reclining; specifically, the ancient practice, derived from the Orient, of eating meals in a recumbent posture. Among the Greeks at the time of the Homeric poems this practice had not yet been adopted; but in historical times it obtained in general among both Greeks and Romans, and it is illustrated in early vase-paintings. It was customary to eat reclining diagonally toward the table, resting on couches, either flat on the breast or supported on the left elbow in a semi-sitting position. Cushions were provided to relieve the strain upon the elbow and the back. The table was usually a little lower than the couches, for convenience in reaching the food. See triclinium. Which gesture … cannot be avoided in the laws of accubation. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., v. 6.
  2. In medicine, lying-in; confinement; accouchement. Syd. Soc. Lex.

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  1. from Latin accubatio(n-), from accubare, lie near, especially recline at table, from ad, to, + cubare, lie down. See incubate and accumb.
 

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