iunior
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *juwenjōs, from *juwenis + *-jōs.
Adjective
iūnior (neuter iūnius, positive iuvenis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | iūnior | iūnius | iūniōrēs | iūniōra | |
| Genitive | iūniōris | iūniōrum | |||
| Dative | iūniōrī | iūniōribus | |||
| Accusative | iūniōrem | iūnius | iūniōrēs | iūniōra | |
| Ablative | iūniōre | iūniōribus | |||
| Vocative | iūnior | iūnius | iūniōrēs | iūniōra | |
Descendants
- → Catalan: junior
- → English: junior
- French: geindre
- → French: junior
- → Italian: giuniore
- Old French: joindre, gignor
- → Portuguese: júnior
- → Romanian: junior
- → Spanish: júnior
Related terms
References
- “iunior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- iunior 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)