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Menander, Monostichoi, 154

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

concŭbīnātus: ūs, m. id..
I Union of a man with an unmarried woman (usu. of a lower social grade than himself), concubinage (opp. matrimonium on the one hand, and adulterium or stuprum on the other; not in Cic.): emere aliquam in concubinatum sibi, Plaut. Poen. prol. 102: in concubinatum alicui dare (opp. in matrimonium), id. Trin. 3, 2, 64; cf. Dig. 25, 7, 1; 48, 5, 13.—*
II Adulterous intercourse: nuptarum, i.e. with the betrothed, Suet. Ner. 28.