LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

contubernālis

contubernālis m (genitive contubernālis)

Meaning

  1. comrade (tent companion)

In the readers how our graded readers gloss it

a comrade
contubernālis — in Seneca, ch. XIX

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecontubernāliscontubernālēs
genitivecontubernāliscontubernālium
dativecontubernālīcontubernālibus
accusativecontubernālemcontubernālēs
contubernālīs
ablativecontubernālī
contubernāle		contubernālibus
vocativecontubernāliscontubernālēs

contŭbernālis, is, comm. (abl. contubernale. Pomp. ap. Charis. p. 99 P., or Com. Rel. v. 73, where Rib. reads contubernaleio;
I. usu. -nali, Macr. S. 2, 4, 29; Dig. 40, 7, 31, § 1; 50, 16, 220, § 1) [contubernium].
I. Milit. t. t.
A. A tent-companion or comrade (usu. ten men and a decanus in one tent), Cic. Lig. 7, 21; id. Planc. 11, 27; id. Sull. 15, 44; Curt. 6, 2, 16; Tac. H. 1, 23; Veg. Mil. 2, 8 and 13; Dig. 13, 6, 21, § 1; Inscr. Orell. 3557; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—
B. A young man who, in order to become familiar with military service, attended a general in war, an attendant: Q. Pompeio proconsuli, Cic. Cael. 30, 73: Saturnini, id. Planc. 11, 27; Suet. Caes. 42.—
II. Transf. from military affairs.
A. In gen., a comrade, companion, mate, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1; id. Fl. 17, 41: illi in consulatu, id. Brut. 27, 105; cf.: meus in consulatu, id. Sull. 12, 34: praeclarae (ironically of harlots), Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 123 Spald.; also, iron.: Quirini, i. e. Cæsar, whose statue stood in the temple of Quirinus, Cic. Att. 13, 28, 3; cf. id. ib. 12, 45, 3, and Suet. Caes. 76.—
B. In partic., in colloq. lang., the husband or wife of a slave (given by their master); masc., Col. 12, 1, 1; 12, 3, 7; fem., id. 1, 8, 5; Petr. 57, 6; Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 82; Dig. 50, 16, 220.— Hence, facete: nisi illa nos volt ... omnis crucibus contubernalis dari, qs. to be united in wedlock with the cross, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 28.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincontubernālis

Latin taberna Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin contubernālis From con- + taberna + -ālis.

Descendants
  • Englishcontubernal
  • Portuguesecontubernal

In English words that came into English from contubernālis

  • contubernalcontubernālis

Quick answers

What does contubernālis mean in Latin?
contubernālis, a noun, means “comrade (tent companion)”.
What is the genitive of contubernālis?
The genitive singular is contubernālis. contubernālis is masculine, third declension.
Where does contubernālis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin contubernālis.