nuptialis Latin · revision 9587

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [nuːp.tiˈaː.lɪs], [nʊp.tiˈaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [nup.t͡siˈaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nū̆ptiālis''' (neuter nū̆ptiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''nubtiālis''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[nūptiae]] “wedding” with the suffix [[-ālis]]; ⟨nūptiae⟩ is from [[nūpta]], participle of [[nūbō]] “to marry”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan finds the origin of ⟨nūbō⟩ uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Plautus' ''Casina'', of wedding games.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of a marriage or wedding, nuptial, conjugal, as in Plautus' ''nūptiālis cēna'' “wedding feast”, Cicero and Horace.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler records ''lēx nūptiālis'', marriage.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant nuptial, of a wedding, and British Medieval Latin used it also with reference to the wedding parable in Matthew and the wedding at Cana.^(Stelten 1995)^(DMLBS) [[en|nuptial]] (late 15th century) came from French or directly from Latin, and the plural [[en|nuptials]] “wedding” in the 1550s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a wedding or marriage, [[m|en|nuptial]], [[m|en|conjugal]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[antenuptialis]]

+ * [[nuptālicius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nūptiae]]

+ * [[nūbō]]

+ * [[en|nuptial]]

+ * [[en|nuptials]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}