iuncus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *joinikos, cognate with Middle Irish ain (“rushes, reeds”) and Old Norse einir (“juniper”) equated with Latin iūniperus.[1] Kroonen derives it from a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-n-yo-,[2] but Matasović notes that because this group of words is found only in Western Indo-European dialects, it likely originated as a loanword from a non-Indo-European (substrate) source;[3] this is supported by De Vaan.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjʊŋ.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjuŋ.kus]
Noun
[edit]iuncus m (genitive iuncī); second declension
- rush, reed
- Synonym: scirpus
- c. 41 BCE – 39 BCE, Vergilius, Eclogae 1.46–48:
- Fortūnāte senex, ergō tua rūra manēbunt
et tibi magna satis, quamvīs lapis omnia nūdus
līmōsōque palūs obdūcat pāscua iuncō.- Oh you, so in old age fortunate! May bare stone and morasses with mud-dwelling reed cover them, yours your land and yours these pastures all, as ample as need be, remain.
- Fortūnāte senex, ergō tua rūra manēbunt
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | iuncus | iuncī |
| genitive | iuncī | iuncōrum |
| dative | iuncō | iuncīs |
| accusative | iuncum | iuncōs |
| ablative | iuncō | iuncīs |
| vocative | iunce | iuncī |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Italo-Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “iuncus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ainja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 12
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*yoyni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 437
Further reading
[edit]- “iuncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "iuncus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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