iuvencus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *juwənkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós, equivalent to iuvenis +‎ -cus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

iuvencus (feminine iuvenca, neuter iuvencum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. young

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative iuvencus iuvenca iuvencum iuvencī iuvencae iuvenca
genitive iuvencī iuvencae iuvencī iuvencōrum iuvencārum iuvencōrum
dative iuvencō iuvencae iuvencō iuvencīs
accusative iuvencum iuvencam iuvencum iuvencōs iuvencās iuvenca
ablative iuvencō iuvencā iuvencō iuvencīs
vocative iuvence iuvenca iuvencum iuvencī iuvencae iuvenca

Derived terms

Noun

iuvencus m (genitive iuvencī); second declension

  1. bullock
  2. a young man

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative iuvencus iuvencī
genitive iuvencī iuvencōrum
dative iuvencō iuvencīs
accusative iuvencum iuvencōs
ablative iuvencō iuvencīs
vocative iuvence iuvencī

Descendants

  • Eastern Romance
    • Aromanian: giuncu
    • Romanian: junc
  • Italo-Dalmatian
  • West Iberian

References

  • “juvencus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “iuvencus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “iuvencus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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