nubes

See also: ñubes

Asturian

Noun

nubes

1. plural of nube

Galician

Noun

nubes

1. plural of nube

Latin

nūbēs (a cloud)

Alternative forms

• nūbis (post-classical, Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nouðetis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ-e-ti-s, from *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). Cognate with Welsh nudd (“haze”), Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬜𐬀 (snaoδa, “clouds”), Baluchi [script needed] (nod, “raincloud”). Note that despite similar pronunciation and semantics, not related to nebula (“mist, fog”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnuː.beːs/, [ˈnuːbeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.bes/, [ˈnuːbes]

Noun

nūbēs f (genitive nūbis); third declension

1. cloud
2. swarm, multitude

   Synonyms: multitūdō, mōlēs, frequentia, acervus, ūbertās, cōpia

3. phantom, something insubstantial
4. cloudiness, gloominess
5. concealment, obscurity

   Synonym: obscūritās

6. (figuratively) storm-cloud, the appearance of a coming danger
7. bad luck, misfortune

   Synonyms: plāga, īnfortūnium, calamitās, cāsus, miseria, vulnus, malum, cruciātus

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nūbēs	nūbēs
Genitive	nūbis	nūbium
Dative	nūbī	nūbibus
Accusative	nūbem	nūbēs nūbīs
Ablative	nūbe	nūbibus
Vocative	nūbēs	nūbēs

Derived terms

• nūbēcula
• nūbifer
• nūbificus
• nūbifugus
• nūbigena
• nūbiger
• nūbigōsus
• nūbilārium
• nūbilō
• nūbilōsus
• nūbilum
• nūbilus
• nūbivagus

Related terms

• nūbō

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Romanian: nor
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: nube
  • Italian: nube
• North-Italian:
  • Piedmontese: niu
• Gallo-Romance:
  • French: nue, nuage ⇒ nuage
  • Occitan: niu, nieu
  • Old Catalan: nuu
  • ⇒ Walloon: nûlêye
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: ñube
  • Extremaduran: ñubi
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: nuve
    • Galician: nube
    • Portuguese: nuvem
      • Guinea-Bissau Creole: nuven
      • Kabuverdianu: nuven
  • Mirandese: nubre
  • Spanish: nube
    • Papiamentu: nubia
  • Sardinian: nue, nube, nuve, nui

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 Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• nubes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• nubes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Adjective

nubes m pl or f pl

1. plural of nube

Noun

nubes f pl

1. plural of nube