concubinus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.kuˈbiː.nus/, [kɔŋkʊˈbiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.kuˈbi.nus/, [koŋkuˈbiːnus]

Noun

concubīnus m (genitive concubīnī); second declension

1. one who lives with another without being legally married; male or female, seen used in reference to the male

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	concubīnus	concubīnī
Genitive	concubīnī	concubīnōrum
Dative	concubīnō	concubīnīs
Accusative	concubīnum	concubīnōs
Ablative	concubīnō	concubīnīs
Vocative	concubīne	concubīnī

Descendants

• Catalan: concubí
• → French: concubin
• Italian: concubino
• Occitan: concubin
• Portuguese: concubino
• Spanish: concubino

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^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016