nurus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *snuzos, from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.rus/

Noun

nurus f (genitive nurūs); fourth declension

daughter-in-law

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nurus	nurūs
Genitive	nurūs	nuruum
Dative	nuruī	nuribus
Accusative	nurum	nurūs
Ablative	nurū	nuribus
Vocative	nurus	nurūs

Descendants

The Romance descendants of this word reflect a Vulgar Latin *nŏra, regularized into the first declension which is usual for feminines, but preserving the o expected from PIE *u before *s > r (the classical u is irregular).

Aromanian: norã, nor
Asturian: nuera, ñuera
Catalan: nora
Friulian: nore
Galician: nora
Italian: nuora
Neapolitan: nòra

Occitan: nòra
Portuguese: nora
Romanian: noră
Sardinian: nura
Sicilian: nora
Spanish: nuera

References

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

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