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nubes
nubes
See also: ñubes
Latin
nūbēs (a cloud)
Noun
nūbēs f (genitive nūbis); third declension
- cloud
- swarm, multitude
- phantom, something insubstantial
- cloudiness, gloominess
- concealment, obscurity
- (figuratively) storm-cloud, the appearance of a coming danger
Inflection
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nūbēs | nūbēs |
| genitive | nūbis | nūbium |
| dative | nūbī | nūbibus |
| accusative | nūbem | nūbēs |
| ablative | nūbe | nūbibus |
| vocative | nūbēs | nūbēs |
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References
- 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 Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nubes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill