I.v. n., to marry off (sc. from the paternal home; cf. deduco), to marry (rare; perhaps not ante-Aug.).
I. Prop.: “nec Caenis in ullos Denupsit thalamos,” Ov. M. 12, 196; Ap. M. 9, p. 231, 29; “5, p. 166, 6: Claro fratri denupta,” id. Mag. p. 319, 6.—
B. Esp., To demean one's self by marriage, to marry beneath one's rank: “Julia denupsit in domum Rubellii Blandi,” Tac. A. 6, 27 (33).—
II. Transf.: plantis, Col. poët. 10, 158.—
2. Obscene, of a mock marriage, Tac. A. 15, 37; Suet. Ner. 29.
