cubitus
From LSJ
ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cŭbĭtus: i, m., v. cubitum.
cŭbĭtus: ūs, m. id.,
I a lying down (very rare).
I Prop.: supini, proni, in latera, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54.—
B Esp., of coitus (for concubitus), in plur., Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 70.—
II Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a bed, couch: foliis cubitus sibi sternunt, Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 59.
