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nubilis

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From nūbō (“(for a woman) to get married”) +‎ -ilis.[1][2] Alternatively, from nūbō +‎ -bilis, with haplology simplifying -bibi- to -bi-.[3]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nūbilis (neuter nūbile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. marriageable
Declension
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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative nūbilis nūbile nūbilēs nūbilia
genitive nūbilis nūbilium
dative nūbilī nūbilibus
accusative nūbilem nūbile nūbilīs
nūbilēs 		nūbilia
ablative nūbilī nūbilibus
vocative nūbilis nūbile nūbilēs nūbilia
Descendants
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  • English: nubile
  • French: nubile
  • Italian: nubile
  • Piedmontese: nùbil
  • Portuguese: núbil
  • Spanish: núbil

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nūbilīs

  1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of nūbilus

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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nūbilīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of nūbilum

References

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  1. ^ “nubilis” on page 1198 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  2. ^ “nubile, adj.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  3. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 92, page 90

Further reading

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  • “nubilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nubilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “nubilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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