incubare
[apes ] modo melligeris caltarum frondibus seu purpureis malvarum floribus ~antes
et ventus, qui hic ‘spiritus Domini’ [] secundum quosdam appellatur, in superficie aquarum, quibus ~abat, huc illuc sese agitabat Gen. i 2
cuculus ‥ ovis propriis non ~at
si ‥ in arbore inveneris avem ~antem ovis suis
quarundam ‥ avium ova aliis ~antibus supposita ‥ eidem veritati fidem faciunt
vento velis a tergo ~ante
praesentis esentiae periculis ~antibus
paternis possessionibus non contentus ‥ indebitis ~abat honoribus
si non adhuc Cantuariensis ecclesie possessionibus ~ant, si alicui nostrum de tot et tantis ablatis vel obolus restitutus est
[Cistercienses ] ita regule ~antes ut nec iota [etc. v. iota c ]
flagitia quibus singuli licenter ~abant
cana dehinc recolit pastor miracula David; / incubat ipse magis, avertitur impia pestis
Pro conservatione sanctarum Reliquiarum in sacra capella cum matriculariis nocturnaret et Incubaret, etc.
Incubāre
(ἐγκοιμᾶσθαι). A verb especially used of sleeping in a sanctuary where oracular responses were sought through dreams or necromancy. (See oraculum.) It was with a view to obtaining in a dream a revelation either from the god of the sanctuary, or by conjuring up the spirit of some dead person. Certain preliminaries had generally to be performed, in particular the sacrifice of some animal, on whose skin it was often customary to sleep. These incubations, which were in vogue among the Greeks from the earliest times, but were not extensively practised among the Romans until under the Empire, generally took place in the temple of Aesculapius, the god of healing.