nuptialis

Latin

Etymology

From nū̆ptiae (“marriage, wedding, nuptials”) +‎ -ālis. Ultimately from nūbō (“I marry, I take as husband”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nuːp.tiˈaː.lis/, [nuːpt̪iˈäːlʲɪs̠] or IPA^(key): /nup.tiˈaː.lis/, [nʊpt̪iˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nup.t͡siˈa.lis/, [nupt̪͡s̪iˈäːlis]

Adjective

nū̆ptiālis (neuter nū̆ptiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. nuptial, marital (of or pertaining to marriage, wedding)

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	nū̆ptiālis	nū̆ptiāle		nū̆ptiālēs	nū̆ptiālia
Genitive	nū̆ptiālis			nū̆ptiālium
Dative	nū̆ptiālī			nū̆ptiālibus
Accusative	nū̆ptiālem	nū̆ptiāle		nū̆ptiālēs nū̆ptiālīs	nū̆ptiālia
Ablative	nū̆ptiālī			nū̆ptiālibus
Vocative	nū̆ptiālis	nū̆ptiāle		nū̆ptiālēs	nū̆ptiālia

Descendants

• → Catalan: nupcial
• → English: nuptial, nuptials
• → French: nuptial
• → Galician: nupcial
• → Italian: nuziale
  • → Piedmontese: nussial
• → Portuguese: nupcial
• → Romanian: nupțial, nunțial
• → Spanish: nupcial

References

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