conubialis

Latin

Etymology

From cōnū̆bium (“marriage”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koː.nuː.biˈaː.lis/, [koːnuːbiˈäːlʲɪs̠] or IPA^(key): /koː.nu.biˈaː.lis/, [koːnʊbiˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.nu.biˈa.lis/, [konubiˈäːlis]
• As cōnūbĭāl- contains a long-short-long syllable sequence that could not be used in dactylic poetry, poets instead used a pronunciation of this word that started with either cōnŭbĭāl- or cōnūbjāl-. It is debated which of these is the correct reading: see cōnū̆bium.

Adjective

cōnū̆biālis (neuter cōnū̆biāle, adverb cōnū̆biāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. conjugal, relating to marriage
   • 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovid, The Heroines 6.41:

     He͞u! ŭbĭ pa͞ctă fĭdēs? ŭbĭ cōnubiālĭă iūra

   • c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Thebais 5.112:

     Te͞rtĭă cānĕt hĭe͞ms: cu͞i cōnubiālĭă vi͞ncla

   • c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Achilleis 1.101:

     La͞eta͞ntu͞r mo͞ntēs e͞t cōnubiālĭă pa͞ndunt

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	cōnū̆biālis	cōnū̆biāle		cōnū̆biālēs	cōnū̆biālia
Genitive	cōnū̆biālis			cōnū̆biālium
Dative	cōnū̆biālī			cōnū̆biālibus
Accusative	cōnū̆biālem	cōnū̆biāle		cōnū̆biālēs cōnū̆biālīs	cōnū̆biālia
Ablative	cōnū̆biālī			cōnū̆biālibus
Vocative	cōnū̆biālis	cōnū̆biāle		cōnū̆biālēs	cōnū̆biālia

References

• “conubialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conubialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers