verb intransitive

dē-nūbo

2nd PP dē-nūbere · 3rd PP psi · 4th PP ptum · conj. 3rd

to marry off; to marry

v. n., to marry off (sc. from the paternal home; cf. deduco), to marry (rare; perhaps not ante-Aug.).

Prop.: nec Caenis in ullos Denupsit thalamos, Ov. M. 12, 196; Ap. M. 9, p. 231,… •

Prop.: nec Caenis in ullos Denupsit thalamos, Ov. M. 12, 196; Ap. M. 9, p. 231, 29; 5, p. 166, 6: Claro fratri denupta, id. Mag. p. 319, 6.—

To demean one's self by marriage, to marry beneath one's rank •

Esp., To demean one's self by marriage, to marry beneath one's rank: Julia denupsit in domum Rubellii Blandi, Tac. A. 6, 27 (33).—

by extension

Transf.: plantis, Col. poët. 10, 158.—

Obscene, of a mock marriage, Tac. A. 15, 37; Suet. Ner. 29.

Perseus ID: n13129 Key: denubo