nurus Latin · revision 5910

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Lex regia|origins=ine-pro *snusós}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnʊ.rʊs]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nurus''' ''f'' (genitive nurūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*snuso-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*snusós|t=daughter-in-law]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sa|स्नुषा|tr=snuṣā́]], [[grc|νυός|tr=nuós]], [[xcl|նու|tr=now]], [[ru|сноха|tr=snoxá]] and [[ang|snoru]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) It moved from the second to the fourth declension under the influence of [[socrus]] “mother-in-law”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The PIE word may come from the root *sneu- “to drip, nurse”, from which [[nūtrīx]] is often derived.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is a royal law; de Vaan dates it in literature from Terence.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler's first source is Caecilius, 230/220–168 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a daughter-in-law, as Terence's saying that all mothers-in-law hate their daughters-in-law, and in poetry, usually plural, a young married woman.^(OLD 2012) The Digest uses it of the betrothed of a son.^(Gaffiot 2016) The ''Appendix Probi'' corrects ''nura'' to ''nurus'', and an African inscription has ''nura''.^(Appendix Probi)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin it also meant a sister-in-law.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Regal period – A royal law mentions a daughter-in-law.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence says mothers-in-law hate their daughters-in-law.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of young wives.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|daughter-in-law]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(poetic)'' A young married woman.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|sister-in-law]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nuricula]]

+ * [[prōnurus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nūtrīx]]

+ * [[socrus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}