nubilum Latin · revision 9745

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=la nūbēs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nūbilum''' ''n'' (genitive nūbilī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[nūbilus]] “cloudy”, used as a noun, from [[m|la|nūbēs|t=cloud]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨nūbēs⟩ to [[itc-pro|*(s)nouþ-(i-)]], from [[ine-pro|*(s)ne/oudʰ-]], with [[cy|nudd]] as its only direct cognate.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Among the OLD's earliest citations are Varro's ''Menippean Satires'' and Lucretius, ''cum ventī nūbila perflant'' “when the winds blow through the clouds”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant condensed vapour in the air, a cloud, in the plural clouds, as in Lucretius and Seneca; a cloudy sky, cloudy weather, as in Pliny the Younger and Suetonius; darkness, gloom, as of the underworld in Seneca and Martial; cloudiness in a clear substance, as of pearls in Pliny; and figuratively haziness of mind, gloomy thoughts, clouds of sadness, and a troubled state of affairs.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a cloudy sky, and in the plural clouds.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of clouds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of cloudy weather.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|cloud]], ''(plural)'' clouds.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Cloudy weather, a cloudy sky.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Darkness, [[m|en|gloom]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Cloudiness (in a clear substance).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(figurative)'' Haziness; gloomy thoughts; a troubled state.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nūbilārium]]

+ * [[nūbilōsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nūbilus]]

+ * [[nūbēs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}