jugum
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from Latin jugum (“a yoke, collar; a pair of anything; the summit, ridge”). Doublet of yoke and yuga.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (zootomy) A connecting ridge or projection, especially on a bone.
- (entomology) A lobe on the forewing of some moths which interlocks with the hindwing in flight.
- (botany) One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
- (botany) A pair of opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.
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References edit
- “jugum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “jugum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “jugum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Hausa edit
Pronunciation edit
Ideophone edit
jùgum
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈi̯u.ɡum/, [ˈi̯ʊɡʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈju.ɡum/, [ˈjuːɡum]
Noun edit
jugum n (genitive jugī); second declension
- Post-classical form of iugum.
Inflection edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | jugum | juga |
Genitive | jugī | jugōrum |
Dative | jugō | jugīs |
Accusative | jugum | juga |
Ablative | jugō | jugīs |
Vocative | jugum | juga |
References edit
- “jugum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- jugum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “jugum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin