nubes

See also: ñubes

Latin

nūbēs (a cloud)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). Cognate with Welsh nudd (“haze”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuː.beːs/
  • Audio (Classical)(file)

Noun

nūbēs f (genitive nūbis); third declension

  1. cloud
  2. swarm, multitude
  3. phantom, something insubstantial
  4. cloudiness, gloominess
  5. concealment, obscurity
  6. (figuratively) storm-cloud, the appearance of a coming danger

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
nominative nūbēs nūbēs
genitive nūbis nūbium
dative nūbī nūbibus
accusative nūbem nūbēs
ablative nūbe nūbibus
vocative nūbēs nūbēs

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Asturian: ñube
  • Extremaduran: ñubi
  • French: nue (“cloud”)
  • Galician: nube
  • Italian: nube
  • Mirandese: nubre
  • Old Occitan:
    • Occitan: niu
    • Old Catalan: nuu

References

  • nubes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nubes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nubes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • nubes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Spanish

Noun

nubes f pl

  1. plural of nube
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