LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

prōnuba

prōnuba f (genitive prōnubae)
Classical[ˈproː.nʊ.ba]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɔː.nu.ba]

Meaning

  1. maid of honor, matron of honor, one who conducts the bride to the bridal chamber
  2. Pronuba Iuno: Juno as Queen of Marriage, Goddess of Marriage
    [...] Prīma et Tellūs et prōnuba Iūnō / dant signum [...].And now Primal Tellus and Juno, Queen of Marriage, give the signal. (See: Tellus; Juno; serving here as the “auspices nuptiarum” who read omens prior to a Roman wedding.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.166–167

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

mātrōna nūptiīs praesidēns
prōnuba -ae (f) — in Aeneis, ch. 9

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeprōnubaprōnubae
genitiveprōnubaeprōnubārum
dativeprōnubaeprōnubīs
accusativeprōnubamprōnubās
ablativeprōnubāprōnubīs
vocativeprōnubaprōnubae

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

prōnuba ae, f
pro+NEB-, she who prepares the bride, bride's-woman : Iuno, V., O.: Bellona manet te pronuba, i. e. discord shall preside over the marriage , V.: Tisiphone, O.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Latinprōnuba

Proto-Indo-European *próder. Proto-Italic *prō Latin prō Latin nūbō Latin prōnuba From prō + nūbō.

Descendants
  • Italianpronuba
  • Englishpronubial

In English words that came into English from prōnuba

  • pronubialprōnuba

Quick answers

What does prōnuba mean in Latin?
prōnuba, a noun, means “maid of honor, matron of honor, one who conducts the bride to the bridal chamber; Pronuba Iuno: Juno as Queen of Marriage, Goddess of Marriage”.
What is the genitive of prōnuba?
The genitive singular is prōnubae. prōnuba is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce prōnuba?
In classical Latin, [ˈproː.nʊ.ba]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈprɔː.nu.ba].
Where does prōnuba come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *pér → Latin prōnuba.