iugus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === jugus === Etymology === For Proto-Italic *jugos, from Proto-Indo-European *yugós (“yoked”), from *yewg- (“to join, to yoke, to harness”) + *-ós (adjectival suffix). Contrast iugum, a nominal formation, and iūgis, likely unrelated. For the divine epithet, cf. Ancient Greek Ἥρα ζυγία (Hḗra zugía). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjʊ.ɡʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjuː.ɡus] === Adjective === iugus (feminine iuga, neuter iugum); first/second-declension adjective (rare) combined together, in all (hapax legomenon) nuptial (as a divine epithet of Juno) Synonyms: prōnuba, iugālis ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === “iugus” on page 1078 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012) De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN