axungia

Latin

Etymology

From axis (“axis”) +‎ ungo (“I smear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /akˈsun.ɡi.a/, [äkˈs̠ʊŋɡiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /akˈsun.d͡ʒi.a/, [äkˈsun̠ʲd͡ʒiä]

Noun

axungia f (genitive axungiae); first declension

1. axle grease

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	axungia	axungiae
Genitive	axungiae	axungiārum
Dative	axungiae	axungiīs
Accusative	axungiam	axungiās
Ablative	axungiā	axungiīs
Vocative	axungia	axungiae

Descendants

• → Albanian: ushuj, ushujë
• Aromanian: usãndzã
• Catalan: ensunya, xulla
• French: axonge
  • → English: axunge
• Galician: enxunlla, ensulla
• → Ancient Greek: ὀξύγγιον (oxúngion), ἀξουγγία (axoungía)
  • Greek: ξίγκι (xígki)
• Friulian: sonze, songe
• Italian: sugna
• Portuguese: enxúndia
• Romanian: osânză
• Romansch: sunscha
• Sardinian: asúngia, assunza
• Spanish: enjundia
• Venetian: sonxa, sonza, saonxa

References

• “axungia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• axungia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.