multivira

Latin

Etymology

From multus (many) +‎ vir (man).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mulˈti.u̯i.ra/, [mʊɫ̪ˈt̪iu̯ɪrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mulˈti.vi.ra/, [mul̪ˈt̪iːvirä]

Noun

multivira f (genitive multivirae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) Woman that has had many husbands

   Antonym: univira

   • Minucius Felix, Octavius 22:

     alia sacra coronat univira, alia multivira , et magna religione conquiritur quae plura possit adulteria numerare.

     Some sacred places are crowned by a woman married once, others by a woman married many times, and those who are able to count more adulteries are sought after with religious zeal.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	multivira	multivirae
genitive	multivirae	multivirārum
dative	multivirae	multivirīs
accusative	multiviram	multivirās
ablative	multivirā	multivirīs
vocative	multivira	multivirae

References

• “multivira”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press