Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
uxor [uhk-sawr, -sohr, uhg-zawr, -zohr] Examples noun Latin.
- wife (used chiefly in the legal phrase et uxor).
et uxor [et uhk-sawr, -sohr, uhg-zawr, -zohr] Latin.
- and wife (used chiefly in its abbreviated form, in legal abstracts of title). Abbreviation: et ux.
Examples from the Web for uxor Historical Examples of uxor
The use of the word “uxor” is no certain proof that he was alive at the time.
Mrs. C. C. Stopes
Uxor is the ordinary, marita a poetical, expression for a wife.
Dderlein’s Hand-book of Latin Synonymes
Ludwig Dderlein
I was much pleased with his ‘uxor Sabina qualis,’ and the poet’s modest mansion, so unlike the habitation of ordinary rustics.
Principal Shairp.
Concubina enim tua fieri pudica mulier nolebat, uxor volebat.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume V
J. H. Merle d’Aubigné
A little later these genitives were followed by the letter f (for flius or flia) or uxor, to denote the relationship.
The Private Life of the Romans
Harold Whetstone Johnston