conubium

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From com- + nūbō (I marry).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /koːˈnuː.bi.um/, [koːˈnuː.bi.ũ]

Noun

cōnūbium n (genitive cōnūbiī); second declension

  1. marriage, wedlock
  2. (in the plural) ceremony of marriage
  3. (poetic) sexual union; confer coniugium
  4. (of plants) an engrafting

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōnūbium cōnūbia
Genitive cōnūbiī cōnūbiōrum
Dative cōnūbiō cōnūbiīs
Accusative cōnūbium cōnūbia
Ablative cōnūbiō cōnūbiīs
Vocative cōnūbium cōnūbia

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

References

  • conubium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conubium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • conubium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • conubium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • conubium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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