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Latin
Etymology
From nū̆ptus, perfect passive participle of nūbō (“cover, veil; marry”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nū̆pta f (genitive nū̆ptae); first declension
- (usually with nova) bride
- a married woman; wife
- Synonyms: coniūnx, uxor, mulier, mātrōna
- Antonym: marītus
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Participle
nū̆pta
- inflection of nū̆ptus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Participle
nū̆ptā
- ablative feminine singular of nū̆ptus
References
- “nupta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nupta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nupta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be married to some one: nuptam esse cum aliquo or alicui
- “nupta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers