uxor

American  

[uhk-sawr, -sohr, uhg-zawr, -zohr] / ˈʌk sɔr, -soʊr, ˈʌg zɔr, -zoʊr /

noun

Latin.

1. wife (used chiefly in the legal phraseet uxor ).

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Example Sentences

Nos animorum Impulsu et cæca magnaque cupidine ducti Conjugium petimus, partumque uxoris; at illis Notum, qui pueri qualisque futura sit uxor.

From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various

The first in whom it is found is Lucretius: "At jam non domus adcipiet te l�ta, neque uxor Optuma, nec dulces obcurrent oscula natei Pr�ripere, et tacit� pectus dulcedine tangent."

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 104, October 25, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Hugo Farrowe, et Magota uxor ejus, smyth, iiiid.

From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.

Anne magis Siculi gemuerunt �ra juvenci, Aut magis auratis pendens laquearibus ensis Purpureas subter cervices terruit, Imus; Imus pr�cipites, quam si sibi dicat, intus Palleat infelix, quod proxima nesciat uxor?

From Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

"He'll quote that line of Horace," I said, "about a placens uxor, but it won't be true."

From Lalage's Lovers by Birmingham, George A.