in-,into,作る, on, -cub,横たわる, 語源的にはcubicle, succumbと同じ。夢の中で女性と性交し、女性の本質を引き出す夢サキュバスの悪魔(男性、男性対女性)の古代の伝説。サキュバス、ドリームサキュバスと比較される。
英語の語源
incubus (n.)
c. 1200, from Late Latin (Augustine), from Latin incubo "nightmare, one who lies down on (the sleeper)," from incubare "to lie upon" (see incubate). Plural is incubi. In the Middle Ages their existence was recognized by law.
例文
1. Joyce regarded his US citizenship as a moral and political incubus .
ジョイスは彼のアメリカ国民のアイデンティティを道徳的かつ政治的な負担だと考えている。
2.He was at the problem confronting him,weighted down the incubus of his working-class station.