contubernium

contubernium ī, n

com-+taberna, companionship in a tent, the relation of a general and his personal follower : contuberni necessitudo: patris, S.: alqm contubernio aestimare, by intimate companionship , Ta.: militum, with the soldiers , Ta.: muliebris militiae, concubinage .—Of animals, a dwelling together , Ph.—Of slaves, marriage , Cu.— A common war-tent : deponere in contubernio arma, Cs.— An abode of slaves , Ta.