conubium Latin · revision 9473

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Catullus|origins=la nūbō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [koːˈnuː.bi.ũː], [koːˈnʊ.bi.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koˈnuː.bi.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnū̆bium''' ''n'' (genitive cōnū̆biī or cōnū̆bī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Less correctly ''connūbium'';^(Lewis & Short 1879) the ''ū'' is certainly long in Catullus, Ovid and Seneca, but in Lucretius and Virgil it can be read short, and poets often scan the word in three syllables.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] and [[nūbō]] “to marry” with the suffix [[-ium]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains the long ⟨cō-⟩ from earlier ⟨*com-sn-⟩, and Weiss reconstructs ⟨*kon-snoubiom⟩; de Vaan finds the origin of ⟨nūbō⟩ itself unclear.^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) Isidore derived it from ⟨nūbere⟩, not from ⟨nūpta⟩.^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation for marriage between two persons is from Catullus.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Catullus 81/79–52/50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was intermarriage between two peoples or groups, and in law the right to intermarry, as in Livy; and marriage between two persons, the right to marry, as in Catullus and Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Isidore explains that ''cōnūbium'' is said when equals, such as Roman citizens of the same rank, marry.^(Isidore)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant marriage.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a wedding, marriage, and a nun's espousal to Christ.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian as ''connubio''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of the right to intermarry.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 560–636 AD – Isidore explains it.^(Isidore)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Intermarriage; the right to intermarry.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|marriage|alt=Marriage]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnū̆biālis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[coniugium]]

+ * [[nūbō]]

+ * [[nūptiae]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}