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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
nūbilus (“cloudy”, “overcast”, adjective) and/or nūbilum (“cloud”, “cloudiness”, noun) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs)
Verb
nūbilō (present infinitive nūbilāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- (impersonal, literally) to be or become cloudy or overcast
- (transferred sense, intransitive, of something clear or translucent) to become clouded or opaque
- (Late Latin, transitive, figuratively) to overshadow, to obscure, to darken, to adumbrate
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “nūbĭlo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nūbĭlo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,042/3.
- “nūbilō” on page 1,198/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “nubilare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 724/1
- nubilo in Ramminger, Johann (2003 February 27 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
nūbilō
- dative/ablative singular masculine/neuter of nūbilus
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
nūbilō
- dative/ablative singular of nūbilum