Meaning of univira | Babel Free

Definitions

Woman that has only had one husband

Late-Latin, declension-1, feminine

Examples

“In nuptiis Romanis, pronubam esse univiram oportuit.”

In Roman weddings, it was proper for the pronuba to be a woman who had only had one husband.

“alia sacra coronat univira, alia multivira, et magna religione conquiritur quae plura possit adulteria numerare.”

Some sacred places are crowned by a woman married once, others by a woman married many times, and those who are able to count more adulteries are sought after with religious zeal.

“Denique monogamia apud ethnicos ita in summo honore est, ut et virginibus legitime nubentibus univira pronuba adhibeatur”

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