uxorius

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Latin

Etymology

Derived from uxor (wife) +‎ -ius (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

uxōrius (feminine uxōria, neuter uxōrium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. belonging to a wife
  2. pertaining to or characteristic of a wife: wifish, wifely, wifey
  3. overly fond of, excessively devoted to, or submissive to one’s wife: uxorious, doting
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.265–267:
      Continuō invādit: “Tū nunc Karthāginis altae
      fundāmenta locās, pulchramque uxōrius urbem
      exstruis heu rēgnī rērumque oblīte tuārum?”
      Immediately, assails : “You now lay the foundations of high Carthage, and build a noble city for a woman’s sake – alas! – mindless of your realm and real destiny?”
      (The love affair of Dido and Aeneas threatens to alter the entwined futures of Carthage and Rome. Translations vary – Mandelbaum, 1971: “as servant to a woman”; Fagles, 2006: “doting on your wife”; Fitzgerald, 1981: “tame husband that you are”; Ahl, 2007: “obsessed with your wife”; Bartsch, 2020: “acting the good husband”; Ruden, 2021: “your wife must like you”.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

  • English: uxorious
  • Italian: uxorio

References

  • uxorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Oxford Latin Dictionary (2005), Oxford University Press