nubes
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See also: ñubes
Asturian
[edit]Noun
[edit]nubes
Galician
[edit]Noun
[edit]nubes
Latin
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Alternative forms
[edit]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] Note that despite similar pronunciation and semantics, not related to nebula (“mist, fog”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) 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 |
Derived terms
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[edit]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
Spanish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]nubes m pl or f pl
Noun
[edit]nubes f pl
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- Latin 2-syllable words
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- Latin nouns
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- Latin feminine nouns
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