jugulum
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowing from New Latin jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”), diminutive of jugum (“a yoke, collar”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jəl.əm/, /ˈju.ɡjəl.əm/
Noun
[edit]jugulum (plural jugula)
- The neck or throat.
- 2004, George Saintsbury, History Of English Criticism, page 498:
- The jugulum at which to aim is the use of the word "criticism" at all.
- (zootomy, of a bird) The lower throat or the part of the neck just above the breast.
- (entomology) The jugum of an insect's wing.
References
[edit]- “jugulum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈi̯u.ɡu.lum/, [ˈi̯ʊɡʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈju.ɡu.lum/, [ˈjuːɡulum]
Noun
[edit]jugulum n (genitive jugulī); second declension
- Post-classical spelling of iugulum.
Inflection
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | jugulum | jugula |
Genitive | jugulī | jugulōrum |
Dative | jugulō | jugulīs |
Accusative | jugulum | jugula |
Ablative | jugulō | jugulīs |
Vocative | jugulum | jugula |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: jugulum
References
[edit]- “jugulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- jugulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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