pronubans

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Latin *pronubo. By surface analysis, prō +‎ nūbēns.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.nu.bans/, [ˈproːnʊbä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.nu.bans/, [ˈprɔːnubäns]

Participle

prōnubans (genitive prōnubantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. arranging or organizing a marriage, wedding
   • Saint Jerome, Vita Malchi Monachi Captivi 6:

     Duco in speluncam semirutam novam coniugem, et pronubante nobis tristitia uterque detestamur alterum, nec fatemur

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	prōnubans			prōnubantēs	prōnubantia
genitive	prōnubantis			prōnubantium
dative	prōnubantī			prōnubantibus
accusative	prōnubantem	prōnubans		prōnubantēs prōnubantīs	prōnubantia
ablative	prōnubante prōnubantī1			prōnubantibus
vocative	prōnubans			prōnubantēs	prōnubantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Related terms

• prōnuba
• prōnubus
• prōnūbō

References

• “pronubans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 1989, John Simpson, Edmund Weiner, Oxford English Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, volume 12, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 626:
• 1975, Frederic Taber Cooper, Word Formation in the Roman Sermo Plebeius‎^[2] (in English), →ISBN, page 234:
• 1550, Ludovico Ricchieri, Ludouici Caelii Rhodigini Lectionum Antiquarum Libri 30‎^[3], page 1090: