nubes
See also: ñubes
Asturian
Noun
nubes
- plural of nube
Galician
Noun
nubes
- plural of nube
Latin
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nūbēs (a cloud)
Alternative forms
- nūbis (post-classical, Vulgar)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *nouðetis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ-e-ti-s, from *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). Cognate with Welsh nudd (“haze”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuː.beːs/, [ˈnuːbeːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnu.bes/, [ˈnuːbes]
Noun
nūbēs f (genitive nūbis); third declension
- cloud
- swarm, multitude
- Synonyms: multitūdō, mōlēs, frequentia, acervus, ūbertās, cōpia
- phantom, something insubstantial
- cloudiness, gloominess
- concealment, obscurity
- Synonym: obscūritās
- (figuratively) storm-cloud, the appearance of a coming danger
- bad luck, misfortune
- Synonyms: plāga, īnfortūnium, calamitās, cāsus, miseria, vulnus, malum, cruciātus
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nūbēs | nūbēs |
Genitive | nūbis | nūbium |
Dative | nūbī | nūbibus |
Accusative | nūbem | nūbēs nūbīs |
Ablative | nūbe | nūbibus |
Vocative | nūbēs | nūbēs |
Derived terms
- nūbēcula
- nūbifer
- nūbificus
- nūbifugus
- nūbigena
- nūbiger
- nūbigōsus
- nūbilārium
- nūbilō
- nūbilōsus
- nūbilum
- nūbilus
- nūbivagus
Related terms
- nūbō
Descendants
- Asturian: ñube
- Corsican: nube
- Extremaduran: ñubi
- French: nue, nuage
- Italian: nube, nuvola
- Mirandese: nubre
- Old Occitan:
- Occitan: niu
- Old Catalan: nuu
- Old Portuguese: nuve
- Galician: nube
- Portuguese: nuvem
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: nuven
- Kabuverdianu: nuven
- Romanian: nor
- Sardinian: nue, nube, nuve, nui
- Spanish: nube
- Papiamentu: nubia
- Walloon: nûlêye
References
- “nubes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nubes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nubes in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- nubes 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)
- nubes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Spanish
Noun
nubes f pl
- plural of nube