nuptĭae (noun F) : (dat. nuptis, Inscr. Orell. 7421), plur. [nupta]
* A marriage, wedding, nuptials.
* Lit.: exornatis nuptiis,Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 54: dum ego cum Casinā faciam nuptias,id. Cas. 2, 8, 50: nuptias adornare,id. Aul. 2, 1, 35: facere,id. ib. 2, 4, 9: coquere cenam ad nuptias,id. ib. 3, 2, 15: in nuptias aliquem conicere,Ter. And. 3, 4, 23: nuptias alicui conficere,id. Phorm. 2, 1, 28: apparare,id. ib. 4, 4, 20: in nuptiis alicujus cenare,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7: nuptiarum expers,unmarried,Hor. C. 3, 11, 11: ab eis nuptiis abhorrere,Cic. Clu. 9, 27: conciliare,Nep. Att. 5, 3: quae nuptiae non diuturnae fuerunt,Cic. Clu. 12, 35: Cornificia vetula sane et multarum nuptiarum,id. Att. 13, 29, 1: ut minores ante tradamus ad nuptias,Vulg. Gen. 29, 26: providebit puellae nuptias et vestimenta,ib. Exod. 21, 10: incestae,Gai. Inst. 1, 59.
* Transf., of sexual intercourse: cujus mater cotidianis nuptiis delectabatur,Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45; Just. 31, 6, 3; Petr. 26.
* Of a change of form, i. e. union with a new body: illae suae monstruosae nuptiae, said of Lucius, who was transformed into an ass,App. M. 7, 22, p. 197.