iugus

Latin

Alternative forms

• jugus

Etymology

For Proto-Italic *jugos, from Proto-Indo-European *yugós (“yoked”), from *yewg- (“to join, to yoke, to harness”) + *-ós (adjectival suffix). Contrast iugum, a nominal formation, and iūgis, likely unrelated. For the divine epithet, cf. Ancient Greek Ἥρα ζυγία (Hḗra zugía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯u.ɡus/, [ˈi̯ʊɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.ɡus/, [ˈjuːɡus]

Adjective

iugus (feminine iuga, neuter iugum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (rare) combined together, in all
   • 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, On Agriculture 10.2:

     vāsa oleāria īnstrūcta iuga V

     oil-pressing vessels, 5 in all

2. (hapax) nuptial (as a divine epithet of Juno)

   Synonyms: prōnuba, iugālis

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	iugus	iuga	iugum		iugī	iugae	iuga
Genitive	iugī	iugae	iugī		iugōrum	iugārum	iugōrum
Dative	iugō		iugō		iugīs
Accusative	iugum	iugam	iugum		iugōs	iugās	iuga
Ablative	iugō	iugā	iugō		iugīs
Vocative	iuge	iuga	iugum		iugī	iugae	iuga

Derived terms

• biiugus
• intrōiugus
• multiiugus
• quadriiugis
• quadriiugus
• subiugus
• teriugus
• triiugus
• uniugus

 

Related terms

• iugum
• iugātiō
• iugō
• iugūmentum
• iugūmentō
• iungō

 

References

• “iugus” on page 1078 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN