Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

From nūbō +‎ -bilis, with haplology simplifying -bibi- to -bi-.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

nūbilis (neuter nūbile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. marriageable
Declension edit

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative nūbilis nūbile nūbilēs nūbilia
Genitive nūbilis nūbilium
Dative nūbilī nūbilibus
Accusative nūbilem nūbile nūbilēs
nūbilīs
nūbilia
Ablative nūbilī nūbilibus
Vocative nūbilis nūbile nūbilēs nūbilia
Descendants edit
  • English: nubile
  • French: nubile
  • Italian: nubile
  • Piedmontese: nùbil
  • Portuguese: núbil
  • Spanish: núbil

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

nūbilīs

  1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of nūbilus

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

nūbilīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of nūbilum

References edit

  • nubilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nubilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nubilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.