iunix

== Latin == === Alternative forms === jūnīx === Etymology === According to De Vaan, it is likely that this term is a secondary development, though it is still a hapax with late attestation. Nussbaum opts to explain the term from earlier *iūnī-k-, itself possibly a derivative of *h₂yuHn-ih₂-. Nussbaum suggests that the term perhaps underwent remodeling of the kind also seen in the suffix *-trih₂, which developed into Latin -trīx. Yet still, Nussbaum notes that this feminine did not appear in Indo-Iranian and was perhaps replaced by Sanskrit यु॒व॒ति (yuvatí). === Noun === iūnīx f (genitive iūnīcis); third declension young cow, calf, heifer Synonyms: būcula, iuvenca ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== French: génisse Italian: ginice Norman: geniche Occitan: junèga Romanian: junincă, junice === References === "iunix", 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)