Reconstruction:Latin/pronubo

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From prō +‎ nūbō. Attested in the Vita Malchi Monachi Captivi of Saint Jerome, in which he utilizes the term prōnubante, which is itself presumably an inflected form of prōnubans. Prōnubans has been interpreted as the participle form of the verb *prōnūbō.

Pronunciation

Verb

*prōnūbō (present infinitive *prōnūbāre, perfect active *prōnūbāvī, supine *prōnūbātum); first conjugation.

  1. to arrange or organize a marriage, wedding

Conjugation

References

  • 1989, John Simpson, Edmund Weiner, Oxford English Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, volume 12, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 626:
  • 1975, Frederic Taber Cooper, Word Formation in the Roman Sermo Plebeius[2] (in English), →ISBN, page 234:
  • 1550, Ludovico Ricchieri, Ludouici Caelii Rhodigini Lectionum Antiquarum Libri 30[3], page 1090: