succubusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌk.jʊ.bəs/, /ˈsʌk.jə.bəs/
• Homophone: succubous

名詞

succubus (複数形 succubi または succubuses)

1. (mediaeval folklore) A female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death.

   Coordinate term: incubus

   • 1977 Italo Calvino, The Castle of Crossed Destinies, Part 2, Chapter 5, 1969. Translated from Italian by William Weaver.

     When the Sabbath is caught by the first ray of the rising sun, all the witches and the vampires, incubi and succubi, take flight, some transforming themselves into noctules, some into other bats, some into still other species of Chiroptera.

2. A strumpet, whore or prostitute.

関連する語

• succubous

参考

• incubus

Further reading

• succubus on Wikipedia.