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Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
concubīnus m (genitive concubīnī); second declension
- one who lives with another without being legally married; male or female, seen used in reference to the male
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “concubinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “concubinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- concubinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- concubinus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016