Esperanto

Noun

nubo ‎(accusative singular nubon, plural nuboj, accusative plural nubojn)

1. cloud

Derived terms

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto nubo, from Latin nūbēs

Noun

nubo (plural nubi)

1. (meteorology) cloud

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- ‎(“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek νύμφη ‎(númphē, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but this is disputed.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnuː.boː/

Verb

nūbō ‎(present infinitive nūbere, perfect active nūpsī, supine nūptum); third conjugation

1. (transitive, rare) I cover, veil.
2. (intransitive, with dative) I veil myself for, get married to, marry, wed (for a woman).
   1. (intransitive, of plants) I become joined, tied or wedded (to).

Inflection

Derived terms

See also

• uxorem ducere (for a man)

References

• nubo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nubo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nubo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to marry (of the woman): nubere alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to give one's daughter in marriage to some-one: filiam alicui nuptum dare