jugum

English

Acacia karroo bipinnate leaf, showing examples of juga
A. Rachilla (the diminutive of rachis)
B. Pinnule
C. Jugary glands
D. Juga (plural of jugum)
E. Base of petiole
F. Petiolary gland
G. Rachis

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin jugum (“a yoke, collar; a pair of anything; the summit, ridge”). Doublet of yoke and yuga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuː.ɡəm/

Noun

jugum (plural juga or jugums)

1. (zootomy) A connecting ridge or projection, especially on a bone.
2. (entomology) A lobe on the forewing of some moths which interlocks with the hindwing in flight.
3. (botany) One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
4. (botany) A pair of opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.

Derived terms

• jugary

Related terms

• jugal
• jugate
• jugo-
• jugulum
• jugum penis
• jugum petrosum
• jugum sphenoidale

 

References

• “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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(d)ʒù.ɡúm/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɪ̀.ɡʷʊ́m]

Ideophone

jùgum

1. sad, dejected

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯u.ɡum/, [ˈi̯ʊɡʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.ɡum/, [ˈjuːɡum]

Noun

jugum n (genitive jugī); second declension

1. Post-classical form of iugum.

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	jugum	juga
genitive	jugī	jugōrum
dative	jugō	jugīs
accusative	jugum	juga
ablative	jugō	jugīs
vocative	jugum	juga

References

• “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