nupta

Latin

Etymology

From nū̆ptus, perfect passive participle of nūbō (“cover, veil; marry”).

Pronunciation

• nū̆pta: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnuːp.ta/, [ˈnuːpt̪ä] or IPA^(key): /ˈnup.ta/, [ˈnʊpt̪ä]
• nū̆pta: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnup.ta/, [ˈnupt̪ä]
• nū̆ptā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnuːp.taː/, [ˈnuːpt̪äː] or IPA^(key): /ˈnup.taː/, [ˈnʊpt̪äː]
• nū̆ptā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnup.ta/, [ˈnupt̪ä]

Noun

nū̆pta f (genitive nū̆ptae); first declension

1. (usually with nova) bride
2. a married woman; wife

   Synonyms: coniūnx, uxor, mulier, mātrōna

   Antonym: marītus

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nū̆pta	nū̆ptae
Genitive	nū̆ptae	nū̆ptārum
Dative	nū̆ptae	nū̆ptīs
Accusative	nū̆ptam	nū̆ptās
Ablative	nū̆ptā	nū̆ptīs
Vocative	nū̆pta	nū̆ptae

Descendants

• Dalmatian: ninapta, ninapto

Participle

nū̆pta

1. inflection of nū̆ptus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

nū̆ptā

1. ablative feminine singular of nū̆ptus

References

• “nupta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nupta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nupta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be married to some one: nuptam esse cum aliquo or alicui
    
• “nupta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers