Iunius

== Latin == === Alternative forms === iūnius, Jūnius, jūnius === Etymology === From Iūnō + -ius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjuː.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjuː.ni.us] === Adjective === Iūnius (feminine Iūnia, neuter Iūnium); first/second-declension adjective Of the Junian gens of June ==== Usage notes ==== In Classical Latin, month names were regularly used as adjectives, generally modifying a case-form of mēnsis m sg (“month”) or of one of the nouns used in the Roman calendar to refer to specific days of the month from which other days were counted: kalendae f pl (“calends”), nōnae f pl (“nones”), īdūs f pl (“ides”). However, the masculine noun mēnsis could be omitted by ellipsis, so the masculine singular forms of month names eventually came to be used as proper nouns. The accusative plural adjective forms Aprīlīs, Septembrīs, Octōbrīs, Novembrīs, Decembrīs are ambiguous in writing, being spelled identically to the genitive singular forms of the nouns; nevertheless, the use of ablative singular forms in -ī and comparison with the usage of other month names as adjectives supports the interpretation of -is as an accusative plural adjective ending in Classical Latin phrases such as "kalendas Septembris". ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Proper noun === Iūnius m (genitive Iūniī or Iūnī); second declension Junius; a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name". June (short for mēnsis Iūnius) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== Unsorted borrowings These borrowings are ultimately but perhaps not directly from Latin. They are organized into geographical and language family groups, not by etymology. === See also === Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References ===