iuncus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === juncus === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *joinikos, cognate with Middle Irish ain (“rushes, reeds”) and Old Norse einir (“juniper”) equated with Latin iūniperus. Kroonen derives it from a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-n-yo-, but Matasović notes that because this group of words is found only in Western Indo-European dialects, it likely originated as a loanword from a non-Indo-European (substrate) source; this is supported by De Vaan. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjʊŋ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjuŋ.kus] === Noun === iuncus m (genitive iuncī); second declension rush, reed Synonym: scirpus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== iunceus ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “iuncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "iuncus", 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)