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concŭbĭtus , ūs, m. id..
I. A lying together; in gen. (very rare), for sleeping. Varr. L. L. 7, § 78 Müll.; “at dinner,” reclining, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 36.(cf. concubo, I.): “dentium,” a firm, close shutting together of the teeth, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 10; 3, 6.—Far more freq.,
II. Copulation, coition (in sing. and plur.): ficti (deorum) cum humano genere concubitus, Cic. N. D. 1, 16, 42; so Liv. 4, 2, 6; Ov. M. 4, 207; 6, 541 al.; * Hor. A. P. 398; Suet. Aug. 94; id. Tib. 44: “concubitusque tuos furtim,” Tib. 2, 5, 53.—Of animals, Verg. E. 6, 50; id. G. 3, 130; Col. 8, 15, 7 al.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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