pronubo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin prōnubus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.nu.bo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnubo
  • Hyphenation: prò‧nu‧bo

Adjective

pronubo (feminine pronuba, masculine plural pronubi, feminine plural pronube)

  1. pronubal, pronubial

Noun

pronubo m (plural pronubi)

  1. matchmaker

References

  • pronubo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • pronubo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • pronubo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From prō +‎ nūbō.

Verb

prōnūbō (present infinitive prōnūbere, perfect active prōnūpsī, supine prōnū̆ptum); third conjugation

  1. to serve as an attendant at a wedding
    • c. 1100-1109, Reginald of Canterbury, The Vita Sancti Malchi of Reginald of Canterbury: A Critical Edition With Introduction, Apparatus Criticus, Notes, and Indices[1], The University of Illinois Press, published 1942, page 77, line 393:
      Protinus accitus Malchus venit: ecce maritus
      Iam pronupturus monachus sponsusque futurus
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation

References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

prōnubō m

  1. dative/ablative masculine singular of prōnubus

Adjective

prōnubō

  1. dative/ablative masculine singular of prōnubus