SUCCUBA Suc"cu*ba, n.; pl. Succubæ. Etym: [NL., fr. L. succubare to lie under; sub under + cubare to lie down; cf. L. succuba, succubo, one who lies under another.]
Defn: A female demon or fiend. See Succubus. Though seeming in shape a woman natural Was a fiend of the kind that succubæ some call. Mir. for Mag.
SUCCUBINE
Suc"cu*bine, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to succuba.
SUCCUBOUS
Suc"cu*bous, a. Etym: [See Succuba.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one is covered by the base of the next higher leaf, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Plagiochila.
SUCCUBUS
Suc"cu*bus, n.; pl. Succubi. Etym: [See Succuba.]
1. A demon or fiend; especially, a lascivious spirit supposed to have sexual intercourse with the men by night; a succuba. Cf. Incubus.
2. (Med.)
Defn: The nightmare. See Nightmare, 2.