uxorius

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Latin

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Etymology

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Derived from uxor (wife) +‎ -ius (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

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uxōrius (feminine uxōria, neuter uxōrium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. belonging to a wife
  2. pertaining to or characteristic of a wife: wifish, wifely, wifey
  3. overly fond of, excessively devoted to, or submissive to one’s wife: uxorious, doting
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.265–267:
      Continuō invādit: “Tū nunc Karthāginis altae
      fundāmenta locās, pulchramque uxōrius urbem
      exstruis heu rēgnī rērumque oblīte tuārum?”
      Immediately, [Mercury] assails [Aeneas]: “You now lay the foundations of high Carthage, and build a noble city for a woman’s sake – alas! – mindless of your [own] realm and real destiny?”
      (The love affair of Dido and Aeneas threatens to alter the entwined futures of Carthage and Rome. Translations vary – Mandelbaum, 1971: “as servant to a woman”; Fagles, 2006: “doting on your wife”; Fitzgerald, 1981: “tame husband that you are”; Ahl, 2007: “obsessed with your wife”; Bartsch, 2020: “acting the good husband”; Ruden, 2021: “your wife must like you”.)

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative uxōrius uxōria uxōrium uxōriī uxōriae uxōria
Genitive uxōriī uxōriae uxōriī uxōriōrum uxōriārum uxōriōrum
Dative uxōriō uxōriō uxōriīs
Accusative uxōrium uxōriam uxōrium uxōriōs uxōriās uxōria
Ablative uxōriō uxōriā uxōriō uxōriīs
Vocative uxōrie uxōria uxōrium uxōriī uxōriae uxōria

Descendants

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  • English: uxorious
  • Italian: uxorio

References

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  • uxorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Oxford Latin Dictionary (2005), Oxford University Press