nubilus

Latin

Etymology

From nūbēs (“cloud”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

nūbilus (feminine nūbila, neuter nūbilum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. cloudy, overcast; cloud-bringing
  2. dark, gloomy, dim
  3. (figuratively) troubled, confused, beclouded
  4. (figuratively) sad, gloomy, melancholy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative nūbilus nūbila nūbilum nūbilī nūbilae nūbila
Genitive nūbilī nūbilae nūbilī nūbilōrum nūbilārum nūbilōrum
Dative nūbilō nūbilō nūbilīs
Accusative nūbilum nūbilam nūbilum nūbilōs nūbilās nūbila
Ablative nūbilō nūbilā nūbilō nūbilīs
Vocative nūbile nūbila nūbilum nūbilī nūbilae nūbila

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Aromanian: nior
  • Catalan: núvol
  • Corsican: nivulu
  • Emilian: nóvvla
  • Friulian: nûl
  • Italian: nuvolo, nuvola, nugolo
  • Ladino: nigola
  • Lombard: nivola, nigola, nugra
  • Megleno-Romanian: nor
  • Occitan: nívol
  • Romanian: nor, nour
  • Romansch: nivel, nüvl, nüvla
  • Sicilian: nuvula
  • Spanish: nublo
  • Venetian: nùvoło, nùvoła
  • Welsh: niwl

References
  • “nubilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nubilus 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)
  • “nubilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nubilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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