iuncus

Latin

Alternative forms

• juncus

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

1. rush, reed

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

• French: jonc
• Galician: xunco
• Italian: giunco
• Portuguese: junco
• Spanish: junco
• Translingual: Juncus

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)