Main Entry: re·cum·bent

Pronunciation: \-bənt\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Latin recumbent-, recumbens, present participle of recumbere to lie down, from re- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to Latin cubare to lie

Date: 1705

1 a : suggestive of repose : leaning, resting b : lying down
2 : representing a person lying down <a recumbent statue>

synonyms see prone