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“school-fellow” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

school-fellow
condiscipulus. To be anybody’s school-fellow, una cum aliquo litteras discere or praeceptorem audire: feminine, condiscipula (Mart., 10, 35, 15). I have been intimate with anybody since the time that we were school-fellows, aliquo a condiscipulatu utor familiariter (or conjunctus sum, or vivo conjunctissime; ☞ Nep., Att., 5, 3).

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What is the Latin word for school-fellow?
The usual Latin words for “school-fellow” are condiscipulus, condiscĭpŭla. 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.