English → Latin
“cohabitation” in Latin
contuberniuma squad of soldiers sharing a single tent, usually 6–8 men; attendance (in war); attendance, accompanying (of teachers, concubituslying together; sexual intercoursecohērēscoheir, coheiresscollēgaa partner (in office), colleague; associate, companion, fellow, colleaguecōnsentiōto agree, accord, harmonize; to unite upon; to plot or conspirecōnspīrōto plot or conspire; to sound in unisoncongruōto come, unite, combine, run or meet together with someone; to coincide or correspond with someone or something; agree wcohaereōto cling, cleave or stick (closely) together; to be united, cohere, adhere; to be composed of, consist of or in; to be n
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cohabitation
act of living together, contubernium (PROP., in one tent, and perhaps also in one room).
As man and wafe, concubitus (out of wedlock). CO-HEIR or CO-HIERESS, coheres: collega (from the context, Hermog. and Paul., Dig., 27, 1, 41, and 42, 46): to make anybody the co-heir or ca-heiress of...., aliquem coheredem cum aliquo scribere; aliquem coheredem alicui instituere. COHERE. cohaerere or cohaerescere inter se: connexos et aptos esse inter se: to cohere well, praeclare inter se cuhaerere: cohaerere cum aliqua re or alicui rei (with anything): by anything, contineri aliqua re; rem continet aliquid.
To agree, facere cum aliquo: consentire: conspirare: congruere: with anybody, cum aliquo couvenire, concordare. SYN. in AGREE. Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cohabitation?
- The usual Latin words for “cohabitation” are contubernium, concubitus, cohērēs; also collēga, cōnsentiō, cōnspīrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.