vidua
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *wiðowā, Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. Cognates include Sanskrit विधवा (vidhávā), Ancient Greek ἠΐθεος (ēḯtheos), Proto-Slavic *vьdova and Old English widuwe (English widow).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɪ.du.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈviː.du.a]
Noun
[edit]vidua f (genitive viduae); first declension
- widow, divorced woman
- (Christianity) widow
Usage notes
[edit]- Married woman was nupta, one with no history of marriage was virgō. Vidua referred to a woman who had been married, but lost her spouse, but not necessarily to death; further she could remarry and be both vidua and nupta. In that sense virgō meant one never before married and vidua one previously married.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vidua | viduae |
| genitive | viduae | viduārum |
| dative | viduae | viduīs |
| accusative | viduam | viduās |
| ablative | viduā | viduīs |
| vocative | vidua | viduae |
Descendants
[edit]Adjective
[edit]vidua
- inflection of viduus:
Adjective
[edit]viduā
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “viduus (> Derivatives > vidua)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 676-7
Further reading
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- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
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