Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Contubernium

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CONTUBER'NIUM (συσκηνία). A military tent in which ten soldiers and their corporal (decanus, or caput contubernii) are quartered together (Caes. B. C. iii. 76. Tac. Hist. i. 43.); whence, in a more general sense, any dwelling in which several persons live together (Suet. Cal. 10. Tac. Hist. iii. 74.); and especially, the abode of a pair of slaves, male and female. Columell. xii. 1. 2.