Succubae

Succubae
Succuba Suc"cu*ba, n.; pl. {Succub[ae]}. [NL., fr. L. succubare to lie under; sub under + cubare to lie down; cf. L. succuba, succubo, one who lies under another.] A female demon or fiend. See {Succubus}. [1913 Webster]

Though seeming in shape a woman natural Was a fiend of the kind that succub[ae] some call. --Mir. for Mag. [1913 Webster]


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