pronubusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈproː.nu.bus/, [ˈproːnʊbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpro.nu.bus/, [ˈprɔːnubus]

形容詞

prōnubus (feminine prōnuba, neuter prōnubum); first/second-declension adjective

1. nuptial, bridal; of or pertaining to marriage, the wedding, the bride
   • Claudian, The Rape of Proserpine 1.131:

     iam matura toro plenis adoleverat annis
     virginitas, tenerum iam pronuba flamma pudorem
     sollicitat

     Now mature and ready for the wedding with many years completed, the wedding torch disturbs her youthful modesty

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

名詞

prōnubus m (genitive prōnubī); second declension

1. groomsman, promoter of the marriage
   • Vulgate Bible, Liber Judicum 14.20:

     uxor autem ejus accepit maritum unum de amicis ejus et pronubis

     But his wife accepted as a husband one of his friends and groomsmen

語形変化

Second-declension noun.

派生した語

• Italian: pronubo

参照

• “pronubus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press