nubilum

Etymology

Substantivization of nūbilus (“cloudy”), an adjective based on nūbēs (“cloud”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnuː.bi.lum/, [ˈnuːbɪɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.bi.lum/, [ˈnuːbilum]

Noun

nūbilum n (genitive nūbilī); second declension

1. (mostly plural) cloud, mist

Adjective

nūbilum

1. nominative neuter singular of nūbilus

References

• “nubilum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nubilum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• nubilum 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)