contubernium
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;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. 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;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...spirat. 'Totum' inquit 'mundum scrutor nec me intra contubernium mortale contineo, suadere vobis aut dissuadere contenta: magna..." - L
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...pati subigunt nec asperitatem excussisse contenti usque in contubernium mitigant: leonis faucibus magister manum insertat, osculatur tigrim suus..." - L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Polyaenum magnos viros non schola Epicuri sed contubernium fecit. Nec in hoc te accerso tantum, ut proficias..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...etiam immani bestiae uim suam permanere, si hominis contubernium diu passa est: retunditur omnis asperitas paulatimque inter placida..." - L
de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...horum repentinum est. Sciebam in quam tumultuosum me contubernium natura clusisset. Totiens in uicinia mea conclamatum est; totiens..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...delectavit me tam curiosum principium, timuique ne in contubernium recepissem Ascylti parem. Instat Eumolpus, et cum puer illi..." - G
Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...manu, dilectam quondam sibi revocavit in contubernium, habuitque etiam imperator paene iustae uxoris loco. IV. Claudio principe Narcissi..." - G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...audita est: donec exoratus, ut referebat, et in contubernium ultro invitatus super templum Divi Augusti ponte transmisso Palatium..."
