commilitonem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →commilito, commilitonis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
fellow soldier; (used by J Caesar and others to troops); comrade, mate;
acc. sg.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...praemio Ascyltos, et paulo ante carissimum sibi commilitonem fortunaeque etiam similitudine parem in loco peregrino destituit abiectum. Nomen..."Liber X
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...PLINIUS TRAIANO IMPERATORI Nymphidium Lupum, domine, primipilarem commilitonem habui, cum ipse tribunus essem ille praefectus: inde familiariter diligere..."