concubina
Italian
Noun
concubina f (plural concubine)
- concubine
See also
- concubino
Latin
Etymology
From concumbō (“I lie with”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.kuˈbiː.na/, [kɔŋkʊˈbiːnä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.kuˈbi.na/, [koŋkuˈbiːnä]
Noun
concubīna f (genitive concubīnae); first declension
- concubine
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | concubīna | concubīnae |
| Genitive | concubīnae | concubīnārum |
| Dative | concubīnae | concubīnīs |
| Accusative | concubīnam | concubīnās |
| Ablative | concubīnā | concubīnīs |
| Vocative | concubīna | concubīnae |
Descendants
- → English: concubine
- → French: concubine
References
- “concubina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “concubina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- concubina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- concubina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “concubina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “concubina”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese
Noun
concubina f (plural concubinas)
- concubine (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- Synonyms: amásia, barregã
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konkuˈbina/ [kõŋ.kuˈβ̞i.na]
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: con‧cu‧bi‧na
Noun
concubina f (plural concubinas, masculine concubino, masculine plural concubinos)
- concubine
Related terms
- concubinato
- concubinario
Further reading
- “concubino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014