nubo Latin · revision 5473

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=inherited|attested=Naevius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nūbō''' (present infinitive nūbere, perfect active nūpsī, supine nū̆ptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[itc-pro|*(s)nūbe/o-]], of uncertain origin.^(de Vaan 2008) The long ''ō'' of [[cōnūbium]] “marriage” is taken to prove an initial *sn-.^(de Vaan 2008) It has been compared with [[cu|съноубити|tr=snubiti|t=to court, love]], but Ernout and Meillet object that the Slavic verb is said of a man seeking a bride, not of a woman marrying.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) They and the OLD prefer to connect it with [[nūbēs]] “cloud” and [[obnūbō]] “to veil”, so that it would mean “to take the veil”, which is attractive but not provable.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) A connection with Greek νύμφη “bride” must be dismissed, according to de Vaan.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Naevius.^(de Vaan 2008) In Plautus a father tells his daughter that with such a dowry she could marry even a beggar.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was said of a woman getting married, with the dative of the husband: ''nūbere alicui''.^(OLD 2012) It was used more rarely of couples and of men.^(OLD 2012) Poets used it of vines “wedded” to a tree.^(OLD 2012) Donatus and Arnobius give it the sense “to veil”.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Its participle [[nūpta]] was a bride or wife, and [[nūptiae]] a wedding.^(Wiktionary) [[nūptiālis]] gave [[en|nuptial]] in the late 15th century, [[nūbilis]] gave [[en|nubile]] in the 1640s, and ''cōnūbiālis'' gave [[en|connubial]] in the 1650s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus says a girl could marry even a beggar.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 15th century – English ''nuptial'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1640s – English ''nubile'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # (of a woman) To [[m|en|marry]], get married (to).^(OLD 2012)

+ # (of a couple) To marry each other.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (of a man) To be married.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (of vines) To be wedded (to a tree).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' To veil.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[binūbus]]

+ * [[cōnū̆bium]]

+ * [[dēnūbō]]

+ * [[ēnūbō]]

+ * [[innūbō]]

+ * [[innū̆ptus]]

+ * [[nūbilis]]

+ * [[nū̆pta]]

+ * [[nū̆ptiae]]

+ * [[nupto]]

+ * [[nū̆pturiō]]

+ * [[nū̆ptus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nūbēs]]

+ * [[en|nuptial]]

+ * [[en|nubile]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}