- "Caeli!
Lesbia nostra,
Lesbia illa" (poem 58) "Nulli se
dicit mulier mea
nubere malle quam mihi" (poem 70) "Jucundum mea vita" (poem 109, with the apparently...
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derives from a word
meaning "to cover," and the
Latin word for "to marry" –
nubere, the
source of the
English word "nuptials" –
literally means to veil, as...
- numinous, nutant,
nutation nub-, nupt- to marry, to wed
Latin nubes, nubis,
nubere connubial, connubiality, nubile, nuptial, postnuptial,
prenuptial nuc- nut...
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influence may have pla**** a role, as the
Latin and Gr****
terms for
marriage -
nubere,
nuptiae connubium, and νυμφίος - all
relate to the
concept of a veil. Contemporary...
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Cicero mentions the
marriage (using the
Latin verb for "to marry", i.e.
nubere) of the son of
Curio the Elder, but he does it in a
metaphorical form to...
- of the
bride as
being "clouded over with a veil" and
connected the verb
nubere (to be married) with nubes, the word for cloud.
Intermixing of po****tions...
-
bride are
reflected in the
Latin language itself:
brides were said to "
nubere viro," or "to veil [themselves] for a man,"
while grooms were said to "ducere...
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derives from a word
meaning "to cover," and the
Latin word for "to marry" —
nubere, the
source of the
English word "nuptials" —
literally means to veil, as...
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Germanic words for friend, such as Freund. The Old High
German verb frijôn "
nubere,
uxorem ducere, woo, to take a wife" (Modern
German freien)
contrasts with...
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Invective Clean up your act!
Rufus 70
Latin English Nulli se
dicit mulier mea
nubere malle elegiac couplets 4
Lesbia Girlfriends can't be
trusted (cf. 30) 71...
