obnubo Latin · revision 10132

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *(s)newdʰ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔbˈnuː.boː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [obˈnuː.bo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obnūbō''' (present infinitive obnūbere, perfect active obnūpsī, supine obnū̆ptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[m|la|ob-]] and [[nūbō]] “to veil (as a bride)”, and Gaffiot connects it with [[nūbēs]] “cloud”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨nūbēs⟩ as Proto-Italic ⟨*(s)nouþ-(i-)⟩, [[ine-pro|*(s)newdʰ-]], cognate with [[cy|nudd|t=haze]] and Avestan ⟨snaoδa-⟩ “clouds”, and notes that ⟨obnūbō⟩ suggests the stem meant “cover”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite the old formula quoted by Cicero, ''caput obnūbitō'' “veil his head”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to veil, cover the head, as in the ancient formula ''lictor, conligā manūs, caput obnūbitō'' quoted by Cicero, and in Virgil, and Lewis & Short call it very rare.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to cover.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero quotes an old legal formula with it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|veil]], cover (the head).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nūbō]]

+ * [[nūbēs]]

+ * [[nūbēcula]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis & Short give ''vēlō'', ''induō'' and ''amiciō'' as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}