jugulum

== English == === Etymology === Borrowing from New Latin jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”), diminutive of jugum (“a yoke, collar”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jəl.əm/, /ˈju.ɡjəl.əm/ === Noun === jugulum (plural jugula) The neck or throat. (zootomy, of a bird) The lower throat or the part of the neck just above the breast. (entomology) The jugum of an insect's wing. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “jugulum”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjʊ.ɡʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjuː.ɡu.lum] === Noun === jugulum n (genitive jugulī); second declension post-classical spelling of iugulum ==== Inflection ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== → English: jugulum === References === “jugulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “jugulum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.