nuptus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of nūbō (“cover, veil; marry”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuːp.tus/, [ˈnuːpt̪ʊs̠] or IPA(key): /ˈnup.tus/, [ˈnʊpt̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnup.tus/, [ˈnupt̪us]
  • Lewis 1891 marks the vowel in the first syllable as long, but other authors such as De Vaan indicate a short vowel here.[1]. See nūbō.

Participle

nū̆ptus (feminine nū̆pta, neuter nū̆ptum); first/second-declension participle

  1. (rare) covered, veiled, having been veiled
  2. married, wedded
  3. (of words) which should not be spoken by the unmarried
  4. (substantive) a bride

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative nū̆ptus nū̆pta nū̆ptum nū̆ptī nū̆ptae nū̆pta
Genitive nū̆ptī nū̆ptae nū̆ptī nū̆ptōrum nū̆ptārum nū̆ptōrum
Dative nū̆ptō nū̆ptō nū̆ptīs
Accusative nū̆ptum nū̆ptam nū̆ptum nū̆ptōs nū̆ptās nū̆pta
Ablative nū̆ptō nū̆ptā nū̆ptō nū̆ptīs
Vocative nū̆pte nū̆pta nū̆ptum nū̆ptī nū̆ptae nū̆pta

Noun

nū̆ptus m (genitive nū̆ptūs); fourth declension

  1. the act of covering, veiling
  2. marriage, wedlock

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nū̆ptus nū̆ptūs
Genitive nū̆ptūs nū̆ptuum
Dative nū̆ptuī nū̆ptibus
Accusative nū̆ptum nū̆ptūs
Ablative nū̆ptū nū̆ptibus
Vocative nū̆ptus nū̆ptūs

Synonyms

References
  1. 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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