denubo

dē-nūbo, psi, ptum, 3, v. n., to marry off (sc. from the paternal home; cf. deduco), to marry (rare; perhaps not ante-Aug.).

I.

Prop.:

nec Caenis in ullos Denupsit thalamos,

Ov. M. 12, 196; Ap. M. 9, p. 231, 29;

5, p. 166, 6: Claro fratri denupta,

id. Mag. p. 319, 6.—

B.

Esp., To demean one's self by marriage, to marry beneath one's rank:

Julia denupsit in domum Rubellii Blandi,

Tac. A. 6, 27 (33).—

II.

Transf.: plantis, Col. poët. 10, 158.—

2.

Obscene, of a mock marriage, Tac. A. 15, 37; Suet. Ner. 29.