uxor

[ uhk-sawr, -sohr, uhg-zawr, -zohr ]

/ ˈʌk sɔr, -soʊr, ˈʌg zɔr, -zoʊr /

wife (used chiefly in the legal phrase et uxor).

Words nearby uxor

uwist, ux, ux., uxbridge, uxmal, uxor, uxorial, uxoricide, uxorilocal, uxorious, uy

et uxor

[ et uhk-sawr, -sohr, uhg-zawr, -zohr ]

/ ɛt ˈʌk sɔr, -soʊr, ˈʌg zɔr, -zoʊr /

and wife (used chiefly in its abbreviated form, in legal abstracts of title). Abbreviation: et ux.

Uxor in aliud ex alio malum regina omnium laudatissimia non multo post morbo periit.

The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) |James Anthony Froude
In the first case, the wife became a materfamilias while in the second she was simply an uxor.

The Historical Child |Oscar Chrisman
The use of the word "uxor" is no certain proof that he was alive at the time.

Shakespeare's Family |Mrs. C. C. Stopes
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

Concubina enim tua fieri pudica mulier nolebat, uxor volebat.

History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume V |J. H. Merle d'Aubigné