nuptus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of nūbō (“cover, veil; marry”).

Participle

nūptus (feminine nūpta, neuter nūptum); first/second-declension participle

1. (rare) covered, veiled, having been veiled
2. married, wedded
3. (of words) which should not be spoken by the unmarried
4. (substantive) a bride

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nūptus	nūpta	nūptum		nūptī	nūptae	nūpta
Genitive	nūptī	nūptae	nūptī		nūptōrum	nūptārum	nūptōrum
Dative	nūptō		nūptō		nūptīs
Accusative	nūptum	nūptam	nūptum		nūptōs	nūptās	nūpta
Ablative	nūptō	nūptā	nūptō		nūptīs
Vocative	nūpte	nūpta	nūptum		nūptī	nūptae	nūpta

Noun

nūptus m (genitive nūptūs); fourth declension

1. the act of covering, veiling
2. marriage, wedlock
3. vocative singular of nūptus

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nūptus	nūptūs
Genitive	nūptūs	nūptuum
Dative	nūptuī	nūptibus
Accusative	nūptum	nūptūs
Ablative	nūptū	nūptibus
Vocative	nūptus	nūptūs

Synonyms

• cōnūbium / connūbium

Noun

(deprecated template usage) nūptūs

1. nominative plural of nūptus
2. genitive singular of nūptus
3. accusative plural of nūptus
4. vocative plural of nūptus

References

• “nuptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nuptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nuptus 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
    
  • (ambiguous) to give one's daughter in marriage to some-one: filiam alicui nuptum dare
    
• nuptus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016