Latin

Alternative forms

• VXSOR (in inscriptions)

Noun

uxor f ‎(genitive uxōris); third declension

1. a wife, a spouse, a consort

Derived terms

• dūco uxōrem
• et uxor, et ux
• uxorius
• iūre uxōris (jure uxoris)

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (wife, spouse): acoetis, coniūnx, mulier

Descendants

• Aromanian: ãnsor
• English: uxorial, uxorious
• Italian: uxorio
• Interlingua: uxor
• Old French: oissor
• Portuguese: uxório, uxoriano
• Romanian: însura

See also

• maritus

References

• uxor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• uxor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “uxor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to marry (of the man): ducere uxorem
    
  • to be a married man: uxorem habere (Verr. 3. 33. 76)
    
  • to separate from, divorce (of the man): divortium facere cum uxore
    
  • with wife and child: cum uxoribus et liberis
    
• uxor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers