iunior

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *juwenjōs, from *juwenis + *-jōs.

Pronunciation

Adjective

iūnior (comparative, neuter iūnius); third declension

  1. comparative degree of iuvenis

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative iūnior iūnius iūniōrēs iūniōra
genitive iūniōris iūniōrum
dative iūniōrī iūniōribus
accusative iūniōrem iūnius iūniōrēs
iūniōrīs
iūniōra
ablative iūniōre
iūniōrī
iūniōribus
vocative iūnior iūnius iūniōrēs iūniōra

Descendants

References

  • iunior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • iunior in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)