iugulum

Latin

Alternative forms

• jugulum, iugulus, jugulus

Etymology

From iugum (“a yoke, collar”) +‎ -ulum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯u.ɡu.lum/, [ˈi̯ʊɡʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.ɡu.lum/, [ˈjuːɡulum]

Noun

iugulum n (genitive iugulī); second declension

1. (anatomy) the collarbone
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.43.98:

     Terrestrium solus homo bipes. uni iuguli, umeri, ceteris armi; uni ulnae.

2. (transferred sense) the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone
3. (transferred sense) the throat
   • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 3.15:

      […]; et coepta luce perfosso iugulo, iacente humi gladio, repertus est.

4. (figurative) a murder, slaughter

   Synonyms: nex, lētum, homicīdium, excidium, occīsiō, occīdiō

5. (figurative) the main point of one's argument
   • c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 8.6.51:

      […], pedem conferre et iugulum petere et sanguinem mittere, inde sunt, nec offendunt tamen.

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iugulum	iugula
Genitive	iugulī	iugulōrum
Dative	iugulō	iugulīs
Accusative	iugulum	iugula
Ablative	iugulō	iugulīs
Vocative	iugulum	iugula

Derived terms

• Iugula
• iugulō

Related terms

• iugulātiō
• iugulātor
• iugum

Descendants

• Dalmatian: zoglo
• Italian: giugolo
• Sardinian: thucru, thruccu, thùgulu, trughu, sughu

References

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