nupta

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