connubium

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Latin

Noun

connū̆bium n (genitive connū̆biī or connū̆bī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of cōnūbium ("marriage", "wedlock").

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative connū̆bium connū̆bia
Genitive connū̆biī
connū̆bī1
connū̆biōrum
Dative connū̆biō connū̆biīs
Accusative connū̆bium connū̆bia
Ablative connū̆biō connū̆biīs
Vocative connū̆bium connū̆bia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: connubial
  • Italian: connubio

References

  • connubium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • connubium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin