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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of nūbō (“cover, veil; marry”).
Pronunciation
Participle
nū̆ptus (feminine nū̆pta, neuter nū̆ptum); first/second-declension participle
- (rare) covered, veiled, having been veiled
- married, wedded
- (of words) which should not be spoken by the unmarried
- (substantive, feminine) a bride
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Noun
nū̆ptus m (genitive nū̆ptūs); fourth declension
- the act of covering, veiling
- marriage, wedlock
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Synonyms
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nūbō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 417
Further reading
- “nuptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nuptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nuptus 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
- (ambiguous) to give one's daughter in marriage to some-one: filiam alicui nuptum dare
- nuptus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016