iurgium

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Latin

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Etymology

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From iūrgō (quarrel, dispute) +‎ -ium, from iūs (law).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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iūrgium n (genitive iūrgiī or iūrgī); second declension

  1. a quarrel, strife, dispute, altercation, contention; abuse, invective
    Synonyms: lis, rixa
  2. (law) a legal dispute, a separation between husband and wife

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iūrgium iūrgia
Genitive iūrgiī
iūrgī1
iūrgiōrum
Dative iūrgiō iūrgiīs
Accusative iūrgium iūrgia
Ablative iūrgiō iūrgiīs
Vocative iūrgium iūrgia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

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References

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  • iurgium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • iurgium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • iurgium 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)