suc·cu·bus  (sŭk'yə-bəs)  n. pl. suc·cu·bus·es or suc·cu·bi (-bī', -bē') also suc·cu·bae (-bē', -bī')
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin, alteration (influenced by Late Latin incubus, incubus) of Latin succuba, paramour, from succubāre, to lie under : sub-, sub- + cubāre, to lie down.] |