English → Latin
“concubine” in Latin
concubīnaconcubinemuliera woman, female; a wife; a coward, poltroonamīcusfriendly, well-disposed, amicable; loyal, devoted to; supporting, propitious, helpfulpaelexconcubine of a married man, mistress; male prostitutecontubernāliscomrade (tent companion)scortumharlot, prostitute (of either sex); animal skin stripped off, hide, fell, pelt
The English word concubine itself goes back to Latin cumbō, through concubīna.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
concubine
concubina: mulier, quae cum aliquo vivere consuevit: amica: amtcula (ἑταίρα, mistress: term of contempt, scortum, as Tac., Hist., 1, 13, 4: principale scortum): pellex (concubine of a married man): contubernalis (a female slave who cohabited with a slave, slaves not being allowed to contract a civil marriage).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for concubine?
- The usual Latin words for “concubine” are concubīna, mulier, amīcus; also paelex, contubernālis, scortum. 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.