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vidua

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See also: Vidua and vídua

Latin

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Etymology

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    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

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    Noun

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    vidua f (genitive viduae); first declension

    1. widow, divorced woman
    2. (Christianity) widow

    Usage notes

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    • 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

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    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative vidua viduae
    genitive viduae viduārum
    dative viduae viduīs
    accusative viduam viduās
    ablative viduā viduīs
    vocative vidua viduae

    Descendants

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    Adjective

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    vidua

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

    Adjective

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    viduā

    1. ablative feminine singular of viduus
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    References

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    1. ^ 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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    • “vidua”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “vidua”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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