iunctio

Latin

Alternative forms

• junctio

Etymology

From iunctus, present passive participle of iungō.

Noun

iūnctiō f (genitive iūnctiōnis); third declension

1. joining, uniting
2. joint, junction, union

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iūnctiō	iūnctiōnēs
Genitive	iūnctiōnis	iūnctiōnum
Dative	iūnctiōnī	iūnctiōnibus
Accusative	iūnctiōnem	iūnctiōnēs
Ablative	iūnctiōne	iūnctiōnibus
Vocative	iūnctiō	iūnctiōnēs

Descendants

• English: junction
  • → Bengali: জংশন (joṅśon)
  • → Japanese: ジャンクション
• French: jonction
• Italian: giunzione
• Portuguese: junção
• Romanian: joncțiune
• Sicilian: junziuni (older), junzioni

References

• “iunctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers