iuniperus

Latin

Alternative forms

• iūnipirus, jūniperus

Etymology

Often connected to iūncus (“reed”), with some doubt.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯uːˈni.pe.rus/, [i̯uːˈnɪpɛrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /juˈni.pe.rus/, [juˈniːperus]

Noun

iūniperus f (genitive iūniperī); second declension

1. juniper-tree

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iūniperus	iūniperī
Genitive	iūniperī	iūniperōrum
Dative	iūniperō	iūniperīs
Accusative	iūniperum	iūniperōs
Ablative	iūniperō	iūniperīs
Vocative	iūnipere	iūniperī

Synonyms

• (juniper-tree): cedrus

Derived terms

• iūnipereus

Descendants

• Aromanian: giuneapini
• Catalan: ginebre
• Dutch: jenever
  • → Caribbean Javanese: jenèwer
  • → English: jenever
  • → Indonesian: jenewer
  • → Papiamentu: yanefer, yènefer, zjenever
  • → Sranan Tongo: yaneyfri
  • → Swedish: genever
• English: juniper, gin
• Franco-Provençal: genêvro
• French: genièvre
• Friulian: zenevre, genevre
• Galician: cimbro
• Italian: ginepro

• Occitan: genibre
• Portuguese: zimbro, junípero
• Romanian: ienupăr, jneapăn
• Sardinian: gheníperu, tziníbiri, tziníperu
• Sicilian: junìparu, janìparu, inìperu
• Spanish: enebro, junípero
• Translingual: Juniperites, Juniperus
• Venetian: xenevro

References

• “iuniperus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers