I.a marriage, wedding, nuptials.
I. 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.—
II. Transf., of sexual intercourse: “cujus mater cotidianis nuptiis delectabatur,” Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45; Just. 31, 6, 3; Petr. 26.—