uxorius

uxorius
uxōrĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], 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. 5, 1, 10:

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.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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