nupta Latin · revision 8416

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la nūbō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnuːp.ta], [ˈnʊp.ta]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnup.ta], [ˈnup.ta]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nū̆pta''' ''f'' (genitive nū̆ptae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine of ⟨nūptus⟩, the participle of [[nūbō]] “to marry (of a woman)”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan finds the origin of ⟨nūbō⟩ uncertain: a connection with [[grc|νύμφη|tr=númphē|t=bride]] must be dismissed, the comparison with Old Russian ⟨snubiti⟩ “to court” is doubtful, and Ernout and Meillet explain it as “to take the veil”, after ⟨obnūbere⟩ “to cover”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of a new bride, ''nova nūpta''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a married woman, a wife, and ''nova nūpta'' a bride, in Plautus and Terence.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Livy uses it of a wife.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Its derivative ''nūptiae'' “wedding” gave [[en|nuptials]], and ''nūptiālis'' gave [[en|nuptial]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus has ''nova nūpta'' “a bride”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a wife.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A married woman, [[m|en|wife]], ''nova nūpta'', a [[m|en|bride]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nuptula]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nūbō]]

+ * [[nūptiae]]

+ * [[nūptiālis]]

+ * [[cōnūbium]]

+ * [[en|nuptial]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}