iuncus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *joinikos, from Proto-Indo-European *yoy-ni-, related to Old Norse einir (“juniper”) (modern Swedish en) and Middle Irish ain (“rushes, reeds”). Sometimes connected to iūniperus (“juniper”), with some doubt.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈi̯un.kus/, [ˈi̯ʊŋkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈjun.kus/, [ˈjuŋkus]
Noun
iuncus m (genitive iuncī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | iuncus | iuncī |
Genitive | iuncī | iuncōrum |
Dative | iuncō | iuncīs |
Accusative | iuncum | iuncōs |
Ablative | iuncō | iuncīs |
Vocative | iunce | iuncī |
Descendants
References
- “iuncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- iuncus 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)