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adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

uxōrius

uxōrius (feminine uxōria, neuter uxōrium)

Meaning

  1. adjectivebelonging to a wife
  2. adjectivepertaining to or characteristic of a wife: wifish, wifely, wifey
  3. adjectiveoverly fond of, excessively devoted to, or submissive to one’s wife: uxorious, doting

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

uxōrī nimis dēditus
uxōrius -a -um — in Aeneis, ch. 10

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeuxōriusuxōriauxōrium
genitiveuxōriīuxōriaeuxōriī
dativeuxōriōuxōriaeuxōriō
accusativeuxōriumuxōriamuxōrium
ablativeuxōriōuxōriāuxōriō
vocativeuxōrieuxōriauxōrium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeuxōriīuxōriaeuxōria
genitiveuxōriōrumuxōriārumuxōriōrum
dativeuxōriīsuxōriīsuxōriīs
accusativeuxōriōsuxōriāsuxōria
ablativeuxōriīsuxōriīsuxōriīs
vocativeuxōriīuxōriaeuxōria

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

condicio (uxoria) (Phil. 2. 38. 99)
a match.

uxōrĭus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or belonging to a wife or married woman.
I. In gen.
A. Adj.: in arbitrio rei uxoriae, Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61; id. Top. 17, 66: abhorrens ab re uxoriā, i. e. averse to marriage, Ter. And. 5, 1, 10: dos, Ov. A. A. 2, 155: quam formam modicam et modestam Favorinus non inscite appellabat uxoriam, appropriate for a wife, Gell. 5, 11, 13.—Poet.: imber, i. e. tears for the death of a wife, Stat. S. 5, 1, 31: jus, Dig. 32, 29 pr.: levamentum, Tac. A. 3, 34: nomen, Suet. Calig. 25.—
B. Subst.: uxōrĭum, ii, n., a tax laid on old-bachelors, the old-bachelor tax, Fest. p. 379 Müll.—
II. In partic., excessively fond of one's wife, uxorious: pulcramque uxorius urbem Exstruis, Verg. A. 4, 266: amnis (Tiberis), as the husband of Ilia, Hor. C. 1, 2, 19: Vulcanus, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 59: juvenis, Auct. Paneg. ad Maxim. et Constantin. 4.

Origins

Derived from uxor (“wife”) + -ius (adjective-forming suffix).

Descendants
  • Englishuxorious
  • Italianuxorio
  • Portugueseuxório

Quick answers

What does uxōrius mean in Latin?
uxōrius, a adjective, means “belonging to a wife; pertaining to or characteristic of a wife: wifish, wifely, wifey; overly fond of, excessively devoted to, or submissive to one’s wife: uxorious, doting”.