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|lshtext=<b>prōnŭbus</b>: a, um, adj. pro-[[nubo]],<br /><b>I</b> of or belonging to [[marriage]], [[bridal]], promoting [[marriage]]: [[canes]], pimps, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 2: [[anulus]], [[wedding]]-[[ring]], id. Apol. 6: nox, the [[bridal]] [[night]], Claud. Cons. Honor. 642: [[flamma]], a [[bridal]] [[torch]], id. Rapt. Pros. 1, 131: [[dextra]], id. Epigr. 2, 53.—Hence, as subst.<br /><b>I</b> prōnŭbus, i, m., = [[παράνυμφος]] | |lshtext=<b>prōnŭbus</b>: a, um, adj. pro-[[nubo]],<br /><b>I</b> of or belonging to [[marriage]], [[bridal]], promoting [[marriage]]: [[canes]], pimps, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 2: [[anulus]], [[wedding]]-[[ring]], id. Apol. 6: nox, the [[bridal]] [[night]], Claud. Cons. Honor. 642: [[flamma]], a [[bridal]] [[torch]], id. Rapt. Pros. 1, 131: [[dextra]], id. Epigr. 2, 53.—Hence, as subst.<br /><b>I</b> prōnŭbus, i, m., = [[παράνυμφος]], [[auspex]] (2. b.), the promoter of a [[marriage]], a groomsman, Anthol. Lat. 6, 50, 2: accepit maritum suum de amicis ejus et pronubis, Vulg. Judic. 14, 20.—<br /><b>II</b> prōnŭ-ba, ae, f., a [[woman]] [[who]] attended to the [[necessary]] arrangements of a [[wedding]] on the [[part]] of the [[bride]], a bridewoman (corresp. to the [[auspex]] on the [[part]] of the [[bridegroom]]), Varr ap. Serv. Verg. A. 4, 166; Fest. p. 242 Müll., Paul. ex Fest. p. 244 ib.; Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 13; Cat. 61, 186; Stat. S. 1, 2, 11.—Hence, Pronuba, an epithet of [[Juno]], the [[patron]] [[goddess]] of [[marriage]], Verg. A. 4, 166; Ov. H. 6, 43.—Transf., of [[Bellona]], as the presider [[over]] a [[marriage]] in [[which]] the [[bride]] is obtained by [[war]], Verg. A. 7, 319; also, of one of the Furies, Ov. H. 2, 117; Luc. 8, 90; App. M. 8, p. 207, 3. | ||
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Revision as of 09:34, 13 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prōnŭbus: a, um, adj. pro-nubo,
I of or belonging to marriage, bridal, promoting marriage: canes, pimps, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 2: anulus, wedding-ring, id. Apol. 6: nox, the bridal night, Claud. Cons. Honor. 642: flamma, a bridal torch, id. Rapt. Pros. 1, 131: dextra, id. Epigr. 2, 53.—Hence, as subst.
I prōnŭbus, i, m., = παράνυμφος, auspex (2. b.), the promoter of a marriage, a groomsman, Anthol. Lat. 6, 50, 2: accepit maritum suum de amicis ejus et pronubis, Vulg. Judic. 14, 20.—
II prōnŭ-ba, ae, f., a woman who attended to the necessary arrangements of a wedding on the part of the bride, a bridewoman (corresp. to the auspex on the part of the bridegroom), Varr ap. Serv. Verg. A. 4, 166; Fest. p. 242 Müll., Paul. ex Fest. p. 244 ib.; Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 13; Cat. 61, 186; Stat. S. 1, 2, 11.—Hence, Pronuba, an epithet of Juno, the patron goddess of marriage, Verg. A. 4, 166; Ov. H. 6, 43.—Transf., of Bellona, as the presider over a marriage in which the bride is obtained by war, Verg. A. 7, 319; also, of one of the Furies, Ov. H. 2, 117; Luc. 8, 90; App. M. 8, p. 207, 3.
