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.