English Dictionary

accubation

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌɑ.kju.ˈbeɪ.ʃən/

名詞

不可算名詞

The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.

日本語の意味

古代において食事の際に用いられた、ソファなどに横たわる行為またはその姿勢

The archaeologist explained that accubation was a common practice at Roman banquets, where guests reclined on couches to dine.

考古学者は、客が寝台に寄りかかって食事をする習慣がローマの宴会で一般的だったと説明した。

意味（1）

The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.

Accubation was introduced in Rome after the first Punic War (264-241 BC). In Greece accubation was unknown at the time of the Homeric poems (cf. Od. i. 145 ἑξείης ἕζοντο κατὰ κλισμούς τε θρόνους τε, XV. 134 ἑζέσθην δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔπειτα κατὰ κλισμούς τε θρόνους τε), but afterwards the Greeks and Romans adopted this Oriental fashion and lay very nearly flat on their breasts while taking their meals, or in a semi-sitting posture supported on the left elbow.