iuvenca

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i̯uˈu̯en.ka/, [i̯uˈu̯ɛŋkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /juˈven.ka/, [juˈvɛŋkä]

Adjective

iuvenca

1. inflection of iuvencus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

iuvencā

1. ablative feminine singular of iuvencus

Noun

iuvenca f (genitive iuvencae); first declension

1. a young cow, heifer
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.103–104:

     dēpositā sequitur taurus feritāte iuvencam,
     quem tōtī saltūs, quem nemus omne tremit.

     Having put aside his ferocity, the bull follows the heifer –
     [that same bull at] whom entire forests, [at] whom every pasture trembles!

2. a young woman

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iuvenca	iuvencae
Genitive	iuvencae	iuvencārum
Dative	iuvencae	iuvencīs
Accusative	iuvencam	iuvencās
Ablative	iuvencā	iuvencīs
Vocative	iuvenca	iuvencae

Descendants

• Albanian: gjuvengë
• Aromanian: giuncã
• Italian: giovenca
• Neapolitan: jenca
• Romanian: juncă

References

• “iuvenca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “iuvenca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers