pronuba

== Italian == === Etymology === From Latin prōnuba === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.nu.ba/ Rhymes: -a === Noun === pronuba f (plural pronube) matchmaker (female) pronuba === Adjective === pronuba feminine singular of pronubo === References === pronuba in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli) pronuba in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication pronuba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Etymology === From prō + nūbō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈproː.nʊ.ba] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɔː.nu.ba] === Noun === prōnuba f (genitive prōnubae); first declension maid of honor, matron of honor, one who conducts the bride to the bridal chamber Pronuba Iuno: Juno as Queen of Marriage, Goddess of Marriage ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== prōnubus prōnubans prōnūbō *prōnūbō ==== Descendants ==== Italian: pronuba English: pronubial === Adjective === prōnuba inflection of prōnubus: nominative/ablative feminine singular nominative/accusative neuter plural === References === “pronuba”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "pronuba", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “pronuba”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “pronuba”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “pronuba”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin