pronubus

Latin

Etymology

From prō- (pro, for, in favor of) +‎ nūbō (to veil, to marry) +‎ -us (second declension noun or first/second declension adjective suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.nu.bus/, [ˈproːnʊbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.nu.bus/, [ˈprɔːnubus]

Adjective

prōnubus (feminine prōnuba, neuter prōnubum); first/second-declension adjective

1. nuptial, bridal; of or pertaining to marriage, the wedding, the bride
   • Claudian, The Rape of Proserpine 1.131:

     iam matura toro plenis adoleverat annis
     virginitas, tenerum iam pronuba flamma pudorem
     sollicitat

     Now mature and ready for the wedding with many years completed, the wedding torch disturbs her youthful modesty

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prōnubus	prōnuba	prōnubum		prōnubī	prōnubae	prōnuba
genitive	prōnubī	prōnubae	prōnubī		prōnubōrum	prōnubārum	prōnubōrum
dative	prōnubō	prōnubae	prōnubō		prōnubīs
accusative	prōnubum	prōnubam	prōnubum		prōnubōs	prōnubās	prōnuba
ablative	prōnubō	prōnubā	prōnubō		prōnubīs
vocative	prōnube	prōnuba	prōnubum		prōnubī	prōnubae	prōnuba

Noun

prōnubus m (genitive prōnubī); second declension

1. groomsman, promoter of the marriage
   • Vulgate Bible, Liber Judicum 14.20:

     uxor autem ejus accepit maritum unum de amicis ejus et pronubis

     But his wife accepted as a husband one of his friends and groomsmen

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prōnubus	prōnubī
genitive	prōnubī	prōnubōrum
dative	prōnubō	prōnubīs
accusative	prōnubum	prōnubōs
ablative	prōnubō	prōnubīs
vocative	prōnube	prōnubī

Descendants

• Italian: pronubo

Related terms

• prōnuba
• prōnūbō
• *prōnūbō

References

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