iuncus

Latin

Alternative forms

juncus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *joinikos, from Proto-Indo-European *yoy-ni-, related to Old Norse einir (“juniper”) (modern Swedish en) and Middle Irish ain (“rushes, reeds”). Sometimes connected to iūniperus (“juniper”), with some doubt.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈjun.kus/, [ˈjʊŋ.kʊs]

Noun

iuncus m (genitive iuncī); second declension

rush, reed

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iuncus	iuncī
Genitive	iuncī	iuncōrum
Dative	iuncō	iuncīs
Accusative	iuncum	iuncōs
Ablative	iuncō	iuncīs
Vocative	iunce	iuncī

Descendants

French: jonc
Galician: xunco
Italian: giunco
Portuguese: junco
Spanish: junco
Translingual: Juncus

References

iuncus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
iuncus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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