nupta

Latin

Etymology

From nūptus, perfect passive participle of nūbō (“cover, veil; marry”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nūpta f (genitive nūptae); first declension

  1. (usually with nova) bride
  2. a married woman; wife

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nūpta nūptae
Genitive nūptae nūptārum
Dative nūptae nūptīs
Accusative nūptam nūptās
Ablative nūptā nūptīs
Vocative nūpta nūptae

Descendants

Participle

nūpta

  1. nominative feminine singular of nūptus
  2. nominative neuter plural of nūptus
  3. accusative neuter plural of nūptus
  4. vocative feminine singular of nūptus
  5. vocative neuter plural of nūptus

nūptā

  1. ablative feminine singular of nūptus

References
  • nupta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nupta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nupta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be married to some one: nuptam esse cum aliquo or alicui
  • nupta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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