husband (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. mărītus (the usual and most specific term)2. vir, vĭri3. conjux, ŭgis (poet.)4. (of a slave) contŭbernālis, is • husband (subs.): 1. mărītus (the usual and most specific term): Cic.: Hor. 2. vir, vĭri: I am undone: what answer shall I give to my h.? perii! quid v. meo respondebo? Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 1: because she had no h., propterea quod v. non haberet, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 25, 64: Hor.: Petr. 3. conjux, ŭgis (poet.): Virg. Ov.: v. spouse. 4. (of a slave) contŭbernālis, is: Col. 12, 1. Phr.: to take a h., nubere (with dat. of person): v. to marry.