iugulum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === jugulum, iugulus, jugulus === Etymology === From iugum (“a yoke, collar”) +‎ -ulum (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjʊ.ɡʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjuː.ɡu.lum] === Noun === iugulum n (genitive iugulī); second declension (anatomy) the collarbone (transferred sense) the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone (transferred sense) the throat (figurative) a murder, slaughter Synonyms: nex, lētum, homicīdium, excidium, occīsiō, occīdiō (figurative) the main point of one's argument ==== Inflection ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== Iugula iugulō ==== Related terms ==== iugulātiō iugulātor iugum ==== Descendants ==== Dalmatian: zoglo Italian: giugolo Sardinian: thucru, thruccu, thùgulu, trughu, sughu === References === “jugulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “iugulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "iugulum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)