iuniperus

Latin

Alternative forms

iūnipirus, jūniperus

Etymology

Often connected to iūncus (“reed”), with some doubt.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /juːˈni.pe.rus/, [juːˈnɪ.pɛ.rʊs]

Noun

iūniperus f (genitive iūniperī); second declension

juniper-tree

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iūniperus	iūniperī
Genitive	iūniperī	iūniperōrum
Dative	iūniperō	iūniperīs
Accusative	iūniperum	iūniperōs
Ablative	iūniperō	iūniperīs
Vocative	iūnipere	iūniperī

Synonyms

(juniper-tree): cedrus

Derived terms

iūnipereus

Descendants

Aromanian: giuneapini
Catalan: ginebre
Dutch: jenever
- → English: jenever
- → Sranan Tongo: yaneyfri
English: juniper, gin
Franco-Provençal: genêvro
French: genièvre
Friulian: zenevre, genevre
Galician: cimbro
Italian: ginepro

Occitan: genibre
Portuguese: zimbro, junípero
Romanian: ienupăr, jneapăn
Sardinian: gheníperu, tziníbiri, tziníperu
Sicilian: junìparu, janìparu, inìperu
Spanish: enebro, junípero
Translingual: Juniperites, Juniperus
Venetian: xenevro
Westrobothnian: gen

References

iuniperus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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