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Iunius

See also: iunius

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Iūnō +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Iūnius (feminine Iūnia, neuter Iūnium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of the Junian gens
  2. of June

Usage notes

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In Classical Latin, month names were regularly used as adjectives, generally modifying a case-form of mēnsis m sg (“month”) or of one of the nouns used in the Roman calendar to refer to specific days of the month from which other days were counted: Calendae f pl (“calends”), Nōnae f pl (“nones”), Īdūs f pl (“ides”). However, the masculine noun mēnsis could be omitted by ellipsis, so the masculine singular forms of month names eventually came to be used as proper nouns.[1]

The accusative plural adjective forms Aprīlīs, Septembrīs, Octōbrīs, Novembrīs, Decembrīs[2] are ambiguous in writing, being spelled identically to the genitive singular forms of the nouns; nevertheless, the use of ablative singular forms in -ī and comparison with the usage of other month names as adjectives supports the interpretation of -is as an accusative plural adjective ending in Classical Latin phrases such as "kalendas Septembris".[3]

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative Iūnius Iūnia Iūnium Iūniī Iūniae Iūnia
Genitive Iūniī Iūniae Iūniī Iūniōrum Iūniārum Iūniōrum
Dative Iūniō Iūniō Iūniīs
Accusative Iūnium Iūniam Iūnium Iūniōs Iūniās Iūnia
Ablative Iūniō Iūniā Iūniō Iūniīs
Vocative Iūnie Iūnia Iūnium Iūniī Iūniae Iūnia

Proper noun

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Iūnius m (genitive Iūniī or Iūnī); second declension

  1. Junius; a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name".
  2. June (short for mēnsis Iūnius)

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Iūnius Iūniī
Genitive Iūniī
Iūnī1 		Iūniōrum
Dative Iūniō Iūniīs
Accusative Iūnium Iūniōs
Ablative Iūniō Iūniīs
Vocative Iūnī Iūniī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

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Unsorted borrowings

These borrowings are ultimately but perhaps not directly from Latin. They are organized into geographical and language family groups, not by etymology.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Karl Gottlob Zumpt (1853) Leonhard Schmitz, Charles Anthon, transl., A Grammar of the Latin Language, 3rd edition, pages 31, 85
  2. ^ Gaeng, Paul A. (1968) An Inquiry into Local Variations in Vulgar Latin: As Reflected in the Vocalism of Christian Inscriptions, page 183
  3. ^ Frost, P. (1861) The Germania and Agricola of Tacitus, page 161
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