axungia

Latin

Etymology

From axis (“axis”) +‎ ungo (“I smear”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /akˈsun.ɡi.a/, [akˈsʊŋ.ɡi.a]

Noun

axungia f (genitive axungiae); first declension

  1. axle grease

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative axungia axungiae
Genitive axungiae axungiārum
Dative axungiae axungiīs
Accusative axungiam axungiās
Ablative axungiā axungiīs
Vocative axungia axungiae

Descendants
  • Albanian: ushuj, ushujë
  • Aromanian: usãndzã
  • French: axonge
  • English: axunge
  • Galician: enxunlla, ensulla
  • Greek: ξίγκι
    • Ancient Greek: ὀξύγγιον, ἀξουγγία
  • Friulian: sonze, songe
  • Italian: sugna
  • Portuguese: enxúndia
  • Romanian: osânză
  • Romansh: sunscha
  • Sardinian: asúngia, assunza
  • Spanish: enjundia
  • Venetian: sonxa, sonza, saonxa

References
  • axungia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • axungia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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