procubo
From LSJ
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prō-cŭbo: āre, 1, v. n.,
I to lie stretched out, to lie along (poet.): ubi saxea procubet umbra, Verg. G. 3, 145: procubat horrendus Getico Gradivus in Haemo, Claud. Consol. Prob. et Olyb. 119.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prōcŭbō,¹⁴ āre, intr., être couché à terre : Claud. Prob. et Olybr. 119 || [fig.] se projeter [en parl. de l’ombre], s’étendre : Virg. G. 3, 145, v. procumbo.
