I.to lie in a place; to rest, repose in the grave (poet.): “ad tumulum, quo maximus occubat Hector,” Verg. A. 5, 371: “Paris urbe paternā occubat,” id. ib. 10, 706: “crudelibus occubat umbris,” reposes with the dead, id. ib. 1, 547: “flebili leto,” Sen. Hippol. 997: “consul pro vestrā victoriā morte occubans,” Liv. 8, 10, 4.
occŭbo , āre, 1, v. n. ob-cubo,