Latin edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *juwenjōs, from *juwenis + *-jōs.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

iūnior (neuter iūnius); third declension

  1. comparative degree of iuvenis

Declension edit

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative iūnior iūnius iūniōrēs iūniōra
Genitive iūniōris iūniōrum
Dative iūniōrī iūniōribus
Accusative iūniōrem iūnius iūniōrēs iūniōra
Ablative iūniōre iūniōribus
Vocative iūnior iūnius iūniōrēs iūniōra

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References edit

  • iunior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • iunior in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)