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"Contubernales et comites psittacos vendunt."
Translation:The tent-mates and the comrades sell the parrots.
September 1, 2019
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Contubernales originally seem to be people who actually share a tent in war; see wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contubernalis
Comes, on the other hand, is a more general term. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comes#Latin
I think this is in the context of Roman warriors who lived in tents. https://legioneromana.altervista.org/content/tents-roman-camp?language=en