nubes
See also: ñubes
Asturian edit
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nubes
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nubes
Latin edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *nouðetis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ-e-ti-s, from *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). Cognate with Welsh nudd (“haze”), Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬜𐬀 (snaoδa, “clouds”), Baluchi [script needed] (nod, “raincloud”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuː.beːs/, [ˈnuːbeːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnu.bes/, [ˈnuːbes]
Noun edit
nūbēs f (genitive nūbis); third declension
- cloud
- swarm, multitude
- phantom, something insubstantial
- cloudiness, gloominess
- concealment, obscurity
- Synonym: obscūritās
- (figuratively) storm-cloud, the appearance of a coming danger
- bad luck, misfortune
Declension edit
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 |
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References edit
- “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 (2003-2024), 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, page 417
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Noun edit
nubes f pl