contuberniis
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;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - 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;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
- G
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."
