contubernium

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“with, shared”) + taberna (“hut; tent”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.tuˈber.ni.um/, [kɔn.tʊˈbɛr.ni.ũ]

Noun

contubernium n (genitive contuberniī); second declension

  1. (historical military) A squad of soldiers sharing a single tent, usually 6–8 men.
  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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative contubernium contubernia
Genitive contuberniī contuberniōrum
Dative contuberniō contuberniīs
Accusative contubernium contubernia
Ablative contuberniō contuberniīs
Vocative contubernium contubernia

Meronyms
  • (unit of soldiers): centuria (10 contubernia); cohors (60 contubernia); legio (notionally 600 contubernia)

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)
  • contubernium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, 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
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