vidua

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *wiðowā, Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. Cognates include Sanskrit विधवा (vidhávā), Ancient Greek ἠΐθεος (ēḯtheos), Proto-Slavic *vьdova and Old English widuwe (English widow). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɪ.du.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈviː.du.a] === Noun === vidua f (genitive viduae); first declension widow, divorced woman (Christianity) widow ==== Usage notes ==== Married woman was nupta, one with no history of marriage was virgō. Vidua referred to a woman who had been married, but lost her spouse, but not necessarily to death; further she could remarry and be both vidua and nupta. In that sense virgō meant one never before married and vidua one previously married. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === Adjective === vidua inflection of viduus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural === Adjective === viduā ablative feminine singular of viduus === Related terms === viduitās viduō viduus === References === === Further reading === “vidua”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “vidua”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly