iunix

Latin

Alternative forms

• jūnīx

Etymology

Contraction of iuvenix, from iuvenis.

Noun

iūnīx f (genitive iūnīcis); third declension

1. young cow, calf, heifer

   Synonyms: būcula, iuvenca

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iūnīx	iūnīcēs
Genitive	iūnīcis	iūnīcum
Dative	iūnīcī	iūnīcibus
Accusative	iūnīcem	iūnīcēs
Ablative	iūnīce	iūnīcibus
Vocative	iūnīx	iūnīcēs

Descendants

• French: génisse
• Norman: geniche
• Occitan: junèga
• Romanian: junincă, junice

References

• iunix 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)