adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
praenūbilus
praenūbilus (feminine praenūbila, neuter praenūbilum)
Classical[prae̯ˈnuː.bɪ.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[preˈnuː.bi.lus]
Meaning
- adjectivevery dark, cloudy, gloomy
Stat vetus et densa praenubilus arbore lucus
1914 translation by Grant Showerman There stands an ancient sacred grove, all dark with shadows from dense trees (literally, “There stands an ancient grove, very dark on account of dense trees”)16 BCE, Ovidius, Amores 3.13.7
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | praenūbilus | praenūbila | praenūbilum |
| genitive | praenūbilī | praenūbilae | praenūbilī |
| dative | praenūbilō | praenūbilae | praenūbilō |
| accusative | praenūbilum | praenūbilam | praenūbilum |
| ablative | praenūbilō | praenūbilā | praenūbilō |
| vocative | praenūbile | praenūbila | praenūbilum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | praenūbilī | praenūbilae | praenūbila |
| genitive | praenūbilōrum | praenūbilārum | praenūbilōrum |
| dative | praenūbilīs | praenūbilīs | praenūbilīs |
| accusative | praenūbilōs | praenūbilās | praenūbila |
| ablative | praenūbilīs | praenūbilīs | praenūbilīs |
| vocative | praenūbilī | praenūbilae | praenūbila |
prae-nūbĭlus, a, um, adj.,
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prae-nūbilus adj.,
very cloudy, gloomy: arbore lucus, O.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinpraenūbilus
Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ-der.? Latin nūbes Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin nūbilus Latin praenūbilius From prae- + nūbilus (“dark, cloudy, gloomy”).