iuvenca

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Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

iuvenca

  1. inflection of iuvencus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

iuvencā

  1. ablative feminine singular of iuvencus

Noun

iuvenca f (genitive iuvencae); first declension

  1. a young cow, heifer
    Synonyms: būcula, iūnīx
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.103–104:
      dēpositā sequitur taurus feritāte iuvencam,
      quem tōtī saltūs, quem nemus omne tremit.
      Having put aside his ferocity, the bull follows the heifer –
      whom entire forests, whom every pasture trembles!
  2. a young woman

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative iuvenca iuvencae
genitive iuvencae iuvencārum
dative iuvencae iuvencīs
accusative iuvencam iuvencās
ablative iuvencā iuvencīs
vocative iuvenca iuvencae

Descendants

  • Albanian: gjuvengë
  • Aromanian: giuncã
  • Italian: giovenca
  • Neapolitan: jenca
  • Romanian: juncă

References

  • “iuvenca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “iuvenca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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