nupta

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • nūpta: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuːp.ta/, [ˈnuːpt̪ä]
  • nūpta: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnup.ta/, [ˈnupt̪ä]
  • nūptā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuːp.taː/, [ˈnuːpt̪äː]
  • nūptā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnup.ta/, [ˈnupt̪ä]

Noun

nūpta f (genitive nūptae); first declension

  1. (usually with nova) bride
  2. a married woman; wife
    Synonyms: coniūnx, uxor, mulier, mātrōna
    Antonym: marītus

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

Descendants
  • Dalmatian: ninapta, ninapto

Participle

nūpta

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

Participle

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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