Etymology

succubus

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Today it means: A female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death. Full definition →

Late Latin succuba ← Latin succubo
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsuccubo“to lie under”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromsuccuba“strumpet, especially a mythological fiend in female form who has intercourse with men in their sleep”
  3. English todaysuccubus

Pseudo-Latinism, derived from alteration of Late Latin succuba (“strumpet, especially a mythological fiend in female form who has intercourse with men in their sleep”) based on incubus in Middle English, from Latin succubo (“to lie under”), from sub- (“under”) + cubare (“to lie down”).

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