commilitonis
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. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...iubeo, quia damnatus es; te, quia causa damnationis commilitoni fuisti; te, quia iussus occidere imperatori non paruisti.' Excogitauit..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...potestatem hostium uenerunt. Haud equidem ullius ciuis et commilitonis fortunae aut condicioni inuideo, nec premendo alium me extulisse..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...quis in certamine iurgiove seditionem aut cladem commilitoni obiectaret. Mox Treviros ac Lingonas ad contionem vocatos ita adloquitur..."