nurus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *snuzos, from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnu.rus/, [ˈnʊrʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnu.rus/, [ˈnuːrus]
Noun
nurus f (genitive nurūs); fourth declension
- daughter-in-law
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.161-162:
- semper ad Aeneadās placidō, pulcherrima, voltū
respice totque tuās, dīva, tuēre nurūs.- Goddess most beautiful, with a pleased expression [may you] always look upon the descendants of Aeneas, and protect your daughters-in-law, so numerous.
(See Venus (mythology).)
- Goddess most beautiful, with a pleased expression [may you] always look upon the descendants of Aeneas, and protect your daughters-in-law, so numerous.
- semper ad Aeneadās placidō, pulcherrima, voltū
- (transferred) young married woman, young lady
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nurus | nurūs |
| Genitive | nurūs | nuruum |
| Dative | nuruī | nuribus |
| Accusative | nurum | nurūs |
| Ablative | nurū | nuribus |
| Vocative | nurus | nurūs |
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- nurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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