iugus

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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For Proto-Italic *jugos, from Proto-Indo-European *yugós (yoked), from *yewg- (to join, to yoke, to harness) + *-ós (adjectival suffix). Contrast iugum, a nominal formation, and iūgis, likely unrelated. For the divine epithet, cf. Ancient Greek Ἥρα ζυγία (Hḗra zugía).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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iugus (feminine iuga, neuter iugum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (rare) combined together, in all
    • 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, On Agriculture 10.2:
      vāsa oleāria īnstrūcta iuga V
      oil-pressing vessels, 5 in all
  2. (hapax) nuptial (as a divine epithet of Juno)
    Synonyms: prōnuba, iugālis

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative iugus iuga iugum iugī iugae iuga
Genitive iugī iugae iugī iugōrum iugārum iugōrum
Dative iugō iugō iugīs
Accusative iugum iugam iugum iugōs iugās iuga
Ablative iugō iugā iugō iugīs
Vocative iuge iuga iugum iugī iugae iuga

Derived terms

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References

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  • iugus” on page 1078 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN