One of my players insists I should call a succubus a "succuba". Is he right Veeky Forums?
One of my players insists I should call a succubus a "succuba". Is he right Veeky Forums?
Kayden Mitchell
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Colton Morgan
no, and even if he was, he's still a fucking retard
Bentley Gray
Succubus is singular, succubi is plural.
Adrian Martin
is he a first-year latin student?
Josiah Thomas
If he was he'd know better.
Nolan Wilson
Succubae
Thomas Roberts
If that were true the singular would be succuba. It's in the second declension. Or maybe the fourth, in which case the plural would still be succubus.
t. former 1st year Latin student
Nolan Lewis
Are there any feminine nouns in the 2nd declension at all?
Colton Edwards
>succuba (male)
Jack Reed
Maybe. It's "sukuba" in my language, though succubus also gets used, depending on the origin of the source.
William Hughes
Yeah it's not strictly masculine, just most of the time.
Zachary Turner
Succubus follows the feminine 4th declension like manus. It works grammatically, though it's true -us endings are almost always masculine or neuter.
However, the word succubus is a medieval invention based on the classical word succuba ("paramour"). So it sounds very purist if you claim you are following that.
Ethan Thompson
Neuter makes sense, considering succubi and incube were one and the same sometimes.
Alternatively, they just have dongs.
Robert Brown
What would succubabe be
Dylan Bailey
>succubus
>no combat power
Fucking what
Jose Reyes
It's a spirit that comes to fuck you when you sleep, as an explanation for sleep paralysis and nightly emissions.
Of course it's got no combat power
Oliver Peterson
The legendary sixth declension.
Carter Scott
You mean incubus.
Luke Jones
no
Evan Wood
Skububa
Brayden Adams
SUCCubus
Noah Green
It's a fiend that can drain levels, scary as hell for any PC.
Ethan Moore
And dragons are just exagerated accounts of dumb lizards, it doesnt stops them from being powerful in fantasy
Ayden Lopez
a succubus sucks your bus
an incubus inks your bust
This is simple baby shit
Kayden Diaz
You mean incubus.
Isaac Walker
As someone who has taken four years of Latin, let me clarify this a bit.
Succubus is an English word, and does not follow Latin grammar. It's succubus/succubi, and due to being in English, does not have a grammatical gender. But yes, succubus comes from the Latin Succuba/Succubae, which is first declension, itself from sub (under) + cubo/cubare (to lie down).
As confusing as it may be, declension has nothing to do with gender. While most first declension nouns are feminine, and most second declension are either masculine or neuter, there are tooons of exceptions. e.g.:
en.wiktionary.org
Closest you could get (I think) would be Subcubabo, which roughly means "I will [in the future] lie under".
Noah Ward
>takes 4 years of Latin
>still can't speak it
Jonathan Richardson
SUCC-U-BI or SUCC-U-BAE?
Isaiah Cox
succ-u-dry
Jose Wood
fuck outa here wid dat
Dominic Jenkins
I could at that point in a limited fashion, but now at best I can translate written text poorly. Or just be pedantic on the internet.
Jaxson Jenkins
...
Landon Lee
Tell him he can succunuts
Benjamin James
succ-u-die
Gavin Walker
Snikt bubbah
Jack Miller
No.
Even if there was some latin bullshit where it's supposed to be Succuba, that doesn't matter because we don't speak latin.
Nicholas Brown
Beat me to it.
Noah Garcia
How come you've retained more from your 1 year than I have in 5?
Tyler Anderson
Maybe he’s saying ’succubi’ with a Texan accent.
Well lookit all these goshdarn SUCK-YOU-BAHHH.
Nathaniel Davis
Technically yes, as Latin is one of those languages with gendered words. Succubus/succubi is actually the male form, and succuba/succubae the proper feminine form of the word