LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

innū̆ptus

innū̆ptus (feminine innū̆pta, neuter innū̆ptum)

Meaning

  1. adjectiveunmarried (said of women), single, without a husband

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinnū̆ptusinnū̆ptainnū̆ptum
genitiveinnū̆ptīinnū̆ptaeinnū̆ptī
dativeinnū̆ptōinnū̆ptaeinnū̆ptō
accusativeinnū̆ptuminnū̆ptaminnū̆ptum
ablativeinnū̆ptōinnū̆ptāinnū̆ptō
vocativeinnū̆pteinnū̆ptainnū̆ptum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinnū̆ptīinnū̆ptaeinnū̆pta
genitiveinnū̆ptōruminnū̆ptāruminnū̆ptōrum
dativeinnū̆ptīsinnū̆ptīsinnū̆ptīs
accusativeinnū̆ptōsinnū̆ptāsinnū̆pta
ablativeinnū̆ptīsinnū̆ptīsinnū̆ptīs
vocativeinnū̆ptīinnū̆ptaeinnū̆pta

in-nuptus, a, um, adj. 2. in-nubo,
I. unmarried.
I. Lit.
A. Adj.: pueri innuptaeque puellae, Verg. G. 4, 476: Minerva, virginal, virgin-, id. A. 2, 31: manus, the Amazons, Sil. 2, 75.—
B. Subst.: innupta, ae, f., an unmarried woman, a virgin, Cat. 62, 6; 12; 36; 64, 78; Prop. 3, 19, 25; Verg. A. 12, 24: praegnans, Arn. in Luc. 2, 2.—
II. Transf.: innuptae nuptiae (γάμος ἄγαμος), a marriage that is no marriage, an unhappy marriage, Poëta ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 219 (Trag. Fragm. Inc. v. 80 Rib.).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latininnū̆ptus

Latin nū̆ptus Latin innū̆ptus From in- + nū̆ptus.

Quick answers

What does innū̆ptus mean in Latin?
innū̆ptus, a adjective, means “unmarried (said of women), single, without a husband”.
Where does innū̆ptus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin innū̆ptus.