Latin

Noun

contubernium n ‎(genitive contuberniī); second declension

1. A body of soldiers occupying a tent together.
2. attendance (in war)
3. attendance, accompanying (of teachers, friends, etc.)
4. marriage of slaves
5. a dwelling together (referring to animals)
6. a dwelling of different persons
7. (in general) household, company

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• contubernālis

Descendants

• Portuguese: contubérnio

References

• contubernium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contubernium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CONTUBERNIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “contubernium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• contubernium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contubernium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin