juncus

See also: Juncus

English

Etymology

From the genus name. Doublet of junco and junk.

Noun

juncus (plural juncuses)

1. (botany) Any plant of the genus Juncus (the rushes).

Latin

Noun

juncus m (genitive juncī); second declension

1. Alternative spelling of iuncus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	juncus	juncī
genitive	juncī	juncōrum
dative	juncō	juncīs
accusative	juncum	juncōs
ablative	juncō	juncīs
vocative	junce	juncī

References

• “juncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• juncus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “juncus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray