pronuba
Italian
Noun
pronuba f (plural pronube)
- matchmaker (female)
Adjective
pronuba
- feminine singular of pronubo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈproː.nu.ba/, [ˈproːnʊbä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.nu.ba/, [ˈprɔːnubä]
Noun
prōnuba f (genitive prōnubae); first declension
- maid of honour.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prōnuba | prōnubae |
| Genitive | prōnubae | prōnubārum |
| Dative | prōnubae | prōnubīs |
| Accusative | prōnubam | prōnubās |
| Ablative | prōnubā | prōnubīs |
| Vocative | prōnuba | prōnubae |
Related terms
- prōnubus
References
- “pronuba”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pronuba 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)
- “pronuba”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pronuba”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “pronuba”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin