subnuba

Latin

Etymology

sub- (“under, in place of”) +‎ nūbō (“I get married to”).

Pronunciation

Noun

subnuba f (genitive subnubae); first declension

  1. a rival
    • 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovid, The Heroines 6.151-154:
      Mēdēae Mēdēa forem! quodsī quid ab altō
      jūstus adest vōtīs Jūpiter ille meīs,
      quod gemit Hypsipylē, lectī quoque subnuba nostrī
      maereat et lēgēs sentiat ipsa suās.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative subnuba subnubae
Genitive subnubae subnubārum
Dative subnubae subnubīs
Accusative subnubam subnubās
Ablative subnubā subnubīs
Vocative subnuba subnubae

References
  • “subnuba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • subnuba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • subnuba in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
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