concubius

concŭbĭus, a, um, adj. [concubo], of or belonging to lying in sleep, or to the time of sleep.

• I As adj. only in the connection concubiā nocte (rarely: nocte concubiā, nocte in concubiā, noctu concubiā; v. the foll.), at the time of the first sleep, in the first sleep, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 91, 22 (primi somni, Non.); Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57; Liv. 25, 9, 8; Tac. H. 3, 69; Just. 22, 8, 8: nocte concubiā, Tac. A. 1, 39: nocte in concubiā, Plin. 29, 6, 34, § 110: noctu concubiā, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 170 Vahl.).—
• II As subst.: concŭbĭum, ii, n. (sc. tempus), that part of the night in which the first sleep falls upon men: si ante lucem occupias ... concubium sit noctis prius quam, etc., Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 44 (886): concubium appellarunt, quod omnes fere tunc cubarent, Varr. L. L. 6, § 7 Müll.; cf. id. ib. 7, § 78 ib.; Censor. de Die Nat. 24; Macr. S. 1, 3 fin.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 268.—Hence,
• • B = concubitus, coition (perhaps only in the foll. exs.), Enn. ap. Non. p. 342, 23 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.); Gell. 9, 10, 4.

concubius, a, um (concumbo), zum Schlafen gehörig, nox erat concubia, Sen. contr. 7, 1 (16), 27: in der Verb. concubiā nocte = »zur Zeit des ersten tiefen Schlafes«, kurz vor Mitternacht (s. Heräus Tac. hist. 3, 69), Sisenn. 4. fr. 93. Cic. de div. 1, 57. Liv. 25, 9, 8. Val. Max. 1, 7, 7. Tac. hist. 3,69: umgek. nocte concubiā, Val. Max. 1, 5, 4 u. 2, 4, 5. Flor. 4, 2, 37. Plin. 29, 110. Tac. ann. 1, 39: alt noctu concubiā, Enn. ann. 170.

concŭbĭus, (15) v. concubia nox.

concubius , a, um. adj.
睡者。Concubia nox 半夜。

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concubius adj.

• CVB-, of lying in sleep.— Only in the phrase, concubiā nocte, in the first sleep, C., Ta.: movere concubiā nocte, to march early in the night, L.