nubilo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnuː.bi.loː/, [ˈnuːbɪɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.bi.lo/, [ˈnuːbilo]

Etymology 1

nūbilus (“cloudy”, “overcast”, adjective) and/or nūbilum (“cloud”, “cloudiness”, noun) +‎ -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs)

Verb

nūbilō (present infinitive nūbilāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. (impersonal, literally) to be or become cloudy or overcast
2. (transferred sense, intransitive, of something clear or translucent) to become clouded or opaque
3. (Late Latin, transitive, figuratively) to overshadow, to obscure, to darken, to adumbrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of nūbilō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nūbilō	nūbilās	nūbilat	nūbilāmus	nūbilātis	nūbilant
	imperfect	nūbilābam	nūbilābās	nūbilābat	nūbilābāmus	nūbilābātis	nūbilābant
	future	nūbilābō	nūbilābis	nūbilābit	nūbilābimus	nūbilābitis	nūbilābunt
passive	present	nūbilor	nūbilāris, nūbilāre	nūbilātur	nūbilāmur	nūbilāminī	nūbilantur
	imperfect	nūbilābar	nūbilābāris, nūbilābāre	nūbilābātur	nūbilābāmur	nūbilābāminī	nūbilābantur
	future	nūbilābor	nūbilāberis, nūbilābere	nūbilābitur	nūbilābimur	nūbilābiminī	nūbilābuntur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nūbilem	nūbilēs	nūbilet	nūbilēmus	nūbilētis	nūbilent
	imperfect	nūbilārem	nūbilārēs	nūbilāret	nūbilārēmus	nūbilārētis	nūbilārent
passive	present	nūbiler	nūbilēris, nūbilēre	nūbilētur	nūbilēmur	nūbilēminī	nūbilentur
	imperfect	nūbilārer	nūbilārēris, nūbilārēre	nūbilārētur	nūbilārēmur	nūbilārēminī	nūbilārentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	nūbilā	—	—	nūbilāte	—
	future	—	nūbilātō	nūbilātō	—	nūbilātōte	nūbilantō
passive	present	—	nūbilāre	—	—	nūbilāminī	—
	future	—	nūbilātor	nūbilātor	—	—	nūbilantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nūbilāre	—	—	nūbilārī	—	—
participles		nūbilāns	—	—	—	—	nūbilandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		nūbilandī	nūbilandō	nūbilandum	nūbilandō	—	—

Derived terms

• adnūbilō

Descendants

• Asturian: nublar
• English: nubilate
• Galician: nubrar, anubiar, anubrar
• Portuguese: nublar
• Spanish: nublar

References

• “nūbĭlo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nūbĭlo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,042/3.
• “nūbilō” on page 1,198/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “nubilare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 724/1
• nubilo in Ramminger, Johann (2003 February 27 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

nūbilō

1. dative/ablative singular masculine/neuter of nūbilus

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

nūbilō

1. dative/ablative singular of nūbilum