Dictionary formnubes, nubis(feminine)
Translation
cloud; mist
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | nubes | nubes |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | nubes | nubes |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | nubem | nubes |
| Genitiveof | nubis | nubium |
| Dativeto, for | nubi | nubibus |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | nube | nubibus |
Examples
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Clouds are appearing in the sky.
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Fire fell out of the cloud.
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We saw a great cloud above the mountain.
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God dwells in the clouds.
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The wind moved the clouds.
Nubes, nubis, f., third declension i-stem: genitive plural nubium, ablative singular nube. A poetic byform nubs turns up rarely and can be ignored.
The odd relative is nubo, "to marry", said of the woman rather than the man: the bride veiled herself for her husband, so she clouded herself, and nuptiae, "wedding", and English nuptial follow from the same veil. Figuratively a nubes is any dense mass - nubes peditum, a cloud of infantry - and in Christian writing it is the standard vehicle for a divine appearance. Keep it apart from nubilus, the adjective "cloudy", and from the neuter nubilum, "cloudy weather".
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 2: nubes, praecipio, receptor and 6 more words.