Latin

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. marriageable
Declension
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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
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
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  • English: nubile
  • French: nubile
  • Italian: nubile
  • Piedmontese: nùbil
  • Portuguese: núbil
  • Spanish: núbil

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nūbilīs

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

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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nūbilīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of nūbilum

References

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  • 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.