jugulum
English
Etymology
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
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jəl.əm/, /ˈju.ɡjəl.əm/
Noun
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.
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- (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
- “jugulum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈi̯u.ɡu.lum/, [ˈi̯ʊɡʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈju.ɡu.lum/, [ˈjuːɡulum]
Noun
jugulum n (genitive jugulī); second declension
- Post-Classical spelling of iugulum.
Inflection
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
- → English: jugulum
References
- “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