nubes

nubes

1. plural of nube

nubes

1. plural of nube

• nūbis (post-classical, Vulgar Latin)

From Proto-Italic *nouðetis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ-e-ti-s, from *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). Cognate with Welsh nudd (“haze”), Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬜𐬀 (snaoδa, “clouds”), Baluchi [script needed] (nod, “raincloud”).^[1] Note that despite similar pronunciation and semantics, not related to nebula (“mist, fog”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnuː.beːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnuː.bes]

nūbēs f (genitive nūbis); third declension

1. cloud
2. swarm, multitude

   Synonyms: multitūdō, mōlēs, frequentia, acervus, ūbertās, cōpia

3. phantom, something insubstantial
4. cloudiness, gloominess
5. concealment, obscurity

   Synonym: obscūritās

6. (figuratively) storm-cloud, the appearance of a coming danger
7. bad luck, misfortune

   Synonyms: plāga, īnfortūnium, calamitās, cāsus, miseria, vulnus, malum, cruciātus

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

• ? nūbō

• “nubes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nubes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nubes in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• "nubes", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• nubes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

nubes m pl or f pl

1. plural of nube

nubes f pl

1. plural of nube