nuptus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of nūbō (“cover, veil; marry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnuːp.tus/, [ˈnuːpt̪ʊs̠] or IPA^(key): /ˈnup.tus/, [ˈnʊpt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnup.tus/, [ˈnupt̪us]
• Lewis 1891 marks the vowel in the first syllable as long, but other authors such as De Vaan indicate a short vowel here. See nūbō.

Participle

nū̆ptus (feminine nū̆pta, neuter nū̆ptum); first/second-declension participle

1. (rare) covered, veiled, having been veiled
2. married, wedded
3. (of words) which should not be spoken by the unmarried
4. (substantive, feminine) a bride

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nū̆ptus	nū̆pta	nū̆ptum		nū̆ptī	nū̆ptae	nū̆pta
genitive	nū̆ptī	nū̆ptae	nū̆ptī		nū̆ptōrum	nū̆ptārum	nū̆ptōrum
dative	nū̆ptō	nū̆ptae	nū̆ptō		nū̆ptīs
accusative	nū̆ptum	nū̆ptam	nū̆ptum		nū̆ptōs	nū̆ptās	nū̆pta
ablative	nū̆ptō	nū̆ptā	nū̆ptō		nū̆ptīs
vocative	nū̆pte	nū̆pta	nū̆ptum		nū̆ptī	nū̆ptae	nū̆pta

Noun

nū̆ptus m (genitive nū̆ptūs); fourth declension

1. the act of covering, veiling
2. marriage, wedlock

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nū̆ptus	nū̆ptūs
genitive	nū̆ptūs	nū̆ptuum
dative	nū̆ptuī	nū̆ptibus
accusative	nū̆ptum	nū̆ptūs
ablative	nū̆ptū	nū̆ptibus
vocative	nū̆ptus	nū̆ptūs

Synonyms

• cōnūbium / connūbium

Further reading

• “nuptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nuptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nuptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be married to some one: nuptam esse cum aliquo or alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to give one's daughter in marriage to some-one: filiam alicui nuptum dare
    
• nuptus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016