contubernii
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contubernium, contuberni(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
companionship in a tent; band/brotherhood; shared war tent; apartment/lodging;; cohabitation, concubinage (with/between slaves); attendance on a general;
gen. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →contubernius, contubernii:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Inscription
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
tent mate, comrade-in-arms; staff trainee; companion; colleague; slave's mate;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...Pelignisque veniebant ei qui superiore nocte: haec in contuberniis commilitesque nonnulli graviora; sermones militum dubii durius accipiebantur, nonnulli..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...temeritate hostem in proelium eliceret. at illi vix contuberniis extracti, nec aliud quam munimenta propugnabant, pars iussu ducis..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...urbanas excubias: sibi tamen apud horridas gentis e contuberniis hostem aspici. Adstrepebat vulgus, diversis incitamentis, hi verberum notas..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...mihi coniunctiorem esse et usu amicitiae et assiduitate contubernii quam Saleium Bassum, cum optimum virum tum absolutissimum poetam..."
