I. Milit. t. t.
A. A tent-companion or comrade (usu. ten men and a decanus in one tent), Cic. Lig. 7, 21; id. Planc. 11, 27; id. Sull. 15, 44; Curt. 6, 2, 16; Tac. H. 1, 23; Veg. Mil. 2, 8 and 13; Dig. 13, 6, 21, § 1; Inscr. Orell. 3557; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—
B. A young man who, in order to become familiar with military service, attended a general in war, an attendant: “Q. Pompeio proconsuli,” Cic. Cael. 30, 73: “Saturnini,” id. Planc. 11, 27; Suet. Caes. 42.—
II. Transf. from military affairs.
A. In gen., a comrade, companion, mate, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1; id. Fl. 17, 41: “illi in consulatu,” id. Brut. 27, 105; cf.: “meus in consulatu,” id. Sull. 12, 34: praeclarae (ironically of harlots), Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 123 Spald.; also, “iron.: Quirini,” i. e. Cæsar, whose statue stood in the temple of Quirinus, Cic. Att. 13, 28, 3; cf. id. ib. 12, 45, 3, and Suet. Caes. 76.—
B. In partic., in colloq. lang., the husband or wife of a slave (given by their master); masc., Col. 12, 1, 1; 12, 3, 7; fem., id. 1, 8, 5; Petr. 57, 6; Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 82; Dig. 50, 16, 220.— Hence, facete: nisi illa nos volt ... omnis crucibus contubernalis dari, qs. to be united in wedlock with the cross, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 28.
