cubito

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

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

cubito m (plural cubiti)

1. (literary) elbow

   Synonym: gomito

2. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: ulna

3. (historical) cubit (unit of measure)

• cubitale

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

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

From cubō (“I recline”) +‎ -tō.

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

1. to recline, lie down (often)

• accubitō
• excubitor

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cubitō m

1. dative/ablative singular of cubitum

• “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.

From cubo +‎ -ito.

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

cubito m (plural cubitos)

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

• “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