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uxorius

uxorius, of a wife, of a married

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

uxōrius, a, um: adj. (uxor, wife), pertaining to a wife; enslaved to one's wife, uxorious, slave of a wife, 4.266.

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uxorique Adjective: masculine genitive singular, Adjective: neuter genitive singular of uxorius

uxorique Noun: neuter genitive singular of uxorium

uxorique Noun: feminine dative singular of uxor

See uxorique in Morpho

uxōrĭus, a, um, adj. [uxor], of or belonging to a wife or married woman.
  • I In gen.
    • A Adj.: in arbitrio rei uxoriae, Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61; id. Top. 17, 66: abhorrens ab re uxoriā, i.e. averse to marriage, Ter. And. 829: dos, Ov. A. A. 2, 155: quam formam modicam et modestam Favorinus non inscite appellabat uxoriam, appropriate for a wife, Gell. 5, 11, 13.—Poet.: imber, i.e. tears for the death of a wife, Stat. S. 5, 1, 31: jus, Dig. 32, 29 pr.: levamentum, Tac. A. 3, 34: nomen, Suet. Calig. 25.—
    • B Subst.: uxōrĭum, ii, n., a tax laid on old-bachelors, the old-bachelor tax, Fest. p. 379 Müll.—
  • II In partic., excessively fond of one's wife, uxorious: pulcramque uxorius urbem Exstruis, Verg. A. 4, 266: amnis (Tiberis), as the husband of Ilia, Hor. C. 1, 2, 19: Vulcanus, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 59: juvenis, Auct. Paneg. ad Maxim. et Constantin. 4.

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