concubinus
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
Latin > English
concubinus concubini N M :: catamite; male paramour; kept man, one who lives in concubinage
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
concŭbīnus: i, m., and concŭbīna, ae, f. concubo,
I one who lives in concubinage (cf. concubinatus), a concubine (male or female), a less reproachful designation than paelex (cf. Dig. 5, 16, 144).
a Masc. (not in Cic.), Cat. 61, 130 sq.; * Quint. 1, 2, 8; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 180; Curt. 10, 2, 27; Suet. Galb. 22; Tac. A. 13, 21; Mart. 6, 22.—Far more freq.,
b Fem., Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 30; id. Mil. 2, 1, 62; 2, 3, 66 al.; 2, 5, 6; 2, 6, 68; id. Merc. 4, 4, 17; id. Stich. 4, 1, 56; * Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 183; Tac. H. 1, 72 et saep.; cf. Dig. 25, 7: de concubinis.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
concŭbīnus,¹³ ī, m., compagnon de lit : Catul. 61, 130 ; Quint. 1, 2, 8.
Latin > German (Georges)
concubīnus, ī, m. (concubo), der Beischläfer (vgl. concubina), Catull. 61, 130 sqq. Sen. exc. contr. 4. pr. § 10. Auct. b. Hisp. 33, 4. Curt. 10, 2 (10), 27. Quint. 1, 2, 8. Tac. ann. 13, 21. Mart. 6, 22, 1.
