jugum

English

Acacia karroo bipinnate leaf, showing examples of juga
A. Rachilla (the diminutive of rachis)
B. Pinnule
C. Jugary glands
D. Juga (plural of jugum)
E. Base of petiole
F. Petiolary gland
G. Rachis

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin jugum (“a yoke, collar; a pair of anything; the summit, ridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒuː.ɡəm/

Noun

jugum (plural juga or jugums)

1. (zootomy) A connecting ridge or projection, especially on a bone.
2. (entomology) A lobe on the forewing of some moths which interlocks with the hindwing in flight.
3. (botany) One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
4. (botany) A pair of opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “jugum” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Derived terms

• jugary

Related terms

• jugal
• jugate
• jugo-
• jugulum
• jugum penis
• jugum petrosum
• jugum sphenoidale

 

References

• “jugum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “jugum”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.

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Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(d)ʒù.ɡúm/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɪ̀.ɡʷʊ́m]

Ideophone

jùgum

1. sad, dejected

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯u.ɡum/, [ˈi̯ʊɡʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.ɡum/, [ˈjuːɡum]

Noun

jugum n (genitive jugī); second declension

1. Post-Classical form of iugum.

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	jugum	juga
Genitive	jugī	jugōrum
Dative	jugō	jugīs
Accusative	jugum	juga
Ablative	jugō	jugīs
Vocative	jugum	juga

References

• “jugum”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• jugum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• “jugum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin