in-nuptus, a, um, adj. [2. in-nubo], unmarried.
I Lit.
A Adj. : pueri innuptaeque puellae, Verg. G. 4, 476: Minerva, virginal , virgin- , id. A. 2, 31: manus, the Amazons , Sil. 2, 75.—
B Subst.: innupta , ae, f., an unmarried woman , a virgin , Cat. 62, 6; 12; 36; 64, 78; Prop. 3, 19, 25; Verg. A. 12, 24: praegnans, Arn. in Luc. 2, 2.—
II Transf.: innuptae nuptiae (γάμος ἄγαμος), a marriage that is no marriage, an unhappy marriage , Poëta ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 219 (Trag. Fragm. Inc. v. 80 Rib.).