HUSBAND Copy link • HUSBAND 1. s. maritus (opposed to coelebs): conjux: vir. A newly-married husband, novus maritus (Apul., Mel., 8, p. 201, 36): a husband too much devoted to his wife, maritus nimis uxorius: a woman who has two husbands, quae apud duos nupta est: a woman who has already had several husbands, mulier multarum nuptiarum. 2. v. To use with frugality, diligenter or parce administrare aliquid (e.g., rem familiarem): parcere (general term, to spare). He husbands his time very carefully, magna est ejus parsimonia temporis (Plin., Ep. 3, 5, 12): to husband one’s property, rei familiaris diligentissimum esse (Suet., Gram., 23): to husband the corn, frumentum parce et paullatim metiri (Caes.). To till, etc., Vid: