coniunx

Latin

Alternative forms

• conjūnx
• coniux

Etymology

Equivalent to coniungō +‎ -s or coniugō +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.i̯uːnks/, [ˈkɔni̯uːŋks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.junks/, [ˈkɔnjuŋks]

Noun

coniūnx m or f (genitive coniugis); third declension

1. spouse, married partner, i.e. husband or wife

   Synonyms: nūpta, uxor, mulier, mātrōna, marītus, vir

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.497–498:

     Bacche, fidem praestā nec praefer amōribus ūllam
     coniugis, adsuēvī semper amāre virum.

     Remain faithful, Bacchus, and neither prefer any woman to the love
     of a wife, one accustomed to love her husband forever.
     (Ariadne denounces her husband's infidelity.)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coniūnx	coniugēs
Genitive	coniugis	coniugum
Dative	coniugī	coniugibus
Accusative	coniugem	coniugēs
Ablative	coniuge	coniugibus
Vocative	coniūnx	coniugēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: cònjuge
• → French: conjoint
• → Galician: cónxuxe
• → Italian: coniuge
• → Portuguese: cônjuge
• → Sicilian: còniuci
• → Spanish: cónyuge

References

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