iugulum

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From iugum (a yoke, collar) +‎ -ulum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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iugulum n (genitive iugulī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) the collarbone
  2. (transferred sense) the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone
  3. (transferred sense) the throat
  4. (figurative) a murder, slaughter
    Synonyms: nex, lētum, homicīdium, excidium, occīsiō, occīdiō
  5. (figurative) the main point of one's argument
    • c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 8.6.51:
       [], pedem conferre et iugulum petere et sanguinem mittere, inde sunt, nec offendunt tamen.

Inflection

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iugulum iugula
Genitive iugulī iugulōrum
Dative iugulō iugulīs
Accusative iugulum iugula
Ablative iugulō iugulīs
Vocative iugulum iugula

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • jugulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • iugulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • iugulum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  1. ^ Wagner, Max Leopold (2009) Giulio Paulis, editor, DES Dizionario etimologico sardo, a cura di Giulio Paulis, ILISSO, →ISBN, § θúkru