uxor

See also: & uxor

Latin

Alternative forms

• uxsor (in inscriptions)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *uksōr.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈuk.sor/, [ˈʊk.sɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈuk.sor/

Noun

uxor f (genitive uxōris); third declension

1. a wife, a spouse, a consort

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	uxor	uxōrēs
genitive	uxōris	uxōrum
dative	uxōrī	uxōribus
accusative	uxōrem	uxōrēs
ablative	uxōre	uxōribus
vocative	uxor	uxōrēs

Synonyms

• (wife, spouse): acoetis, coniūnx, mulier

Derived terms

• dūco uxōrem
• et uxor, et ux
• uxōrius
• iūre uxōris, jūre uxōris

Descendants

• Aromanian: ãnsor
• Interlingua: uxor
• Old French: oissor
• Romanian: însura

See also

• maritus

References

• uxor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• uxor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “uxor” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to marry (of the man): ducere uxorem
    
  • to be a married man: uxorem habere (Verr. 3. 33. 76)
    
  • to separate from, divorce (of the man): divortium facere cum uxore
    
  • with wife and child: cum uxoribus et liberis
    
• uxor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers