subnuba
Latin
Etymology
sub- (“under, in place of”) + nūbō (“I get married to”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsʊb.nʊ.ba]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsub.nu.ba]
Noun
subnuba f (genitive subnubae); first declension
- a rival
- 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovid, The Heroines 6.151-154:
- Mēdēae Mēdēa forem! quodsī quid ab altō
jūstus adest vōtīs Jūpiter ille meīs,
quod gemit Hypsipylē, lectī quoque subnuba nostrī
maereat et lēgēs sentiat ipsa suās.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Mēdēae Mēdēa forem! quodsī quid ab altō
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | subnuba | subnubae |
| genitive | subnubae | subnubārum |
| dative | subnubae | subnubīs |
| accusative | subnubam | subnubās |
| ablative | subnubā | subnubīs |
| vocative | subnuba | subnubae |
Related terms
References
- “subnuba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- subnuba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- subnuba in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung