iugum

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯u.ɡum/, [ˈi̯ʊɡʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.ɡum/, [ˈjuːɡum]

bovēs cum iugō (oxen with yoke)

From Proto-Italic *jugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm, from *yewg- (“to yoke, harness, join”) + *-óm. Cognate with Sanskrit युग (yuga), Ancient Greek ζῠγόν (zugón), and Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌺 (juk). Equivalent to a substantivization of the adjective iugus (“belonging together”).

Noun

iugum n (genitive iugī); second declension

1. (literal) a yoke (for oxen or cattle) or collar (for a horse) [ quotations ▼]
2. (transferred sense)
   1. a yoke, pair, team of draft oxen; a pair of horses; a chariot [ quotations ▼]
      1. a pair of anything [ quotations ▼]
   2. a juger of land [ synonym ▲][ quotations ▼]

      Synonym: iūgerum

   3. in Kent, a yoke of land, quarter sulung
   4. (architecture) a horizontal beam or rail fastened perpendicular to a post or pole; a crossbeam, crossrail [ quotations ▼]
      1. any of various types of horizontal structural member: the beam which united the upright posts of a loom, the crossbar of a lyre, the crossrail of a trellis, the thwart or cross-bench of a boat (the rower's bench)[ quotations ▼]
   5. a makeshift archway of three spears under which a vanquished enemy was made to pass in humiliation
   6. a scalebeam; (metonymically) a pair of scales; (astronomy) the Libra [ synonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]

      Synonyms: bilanx, lībra, statēra, trutina

   7. the summit or ridge of a mountain; a chain or range of mountains [ quotations ▼]
3. (figuratively) the bond (of slavery, matrimony, etc.) [ quotations ▼]

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iugum	iuga
Genitive	iugī	iugōrum
Dative	iugō	iugīs
Accusative	iugum	iuga
Ablative	iugō	iugīs
Vocative	iugum	iuga