iugulum

Latin

Alternative forms

• iugulus, jugulum

Etymology

From iugum (“yoke”) +‎ -ulum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯u.ɡu.lum/, [ˈi̯ʊɡʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.ɡu.lum/, [ˈjuːɡulum]

Noun

iugulum n (genitive iugulī); second declension

1. (anatomy) collarbone
2. (anatomy) throat, hollow of the neck
3. a murder, slaughter

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iugulum	iugula
Genitive	iugulī	iugulōrum
Dative	iugulō	iugulīs
Accusative	iugulum	iugula
Ablative	iugulō	iugulīs
Vocative	iugulum	iugula

Related terms

• Iugula
• iugulātiō
• iugulātor
• iugulō
• iugum

 

Descendants

• Dalmatian: zoglo
• → English: jugulum
• Italian: giugolo

References

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