axungia

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /akˈsun.ɡi.a/, [äkˈs̠ʊŋɡiä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /akˈsun.d͡ʒi.a/, [äkˈsun̠ʲd͡ʒiä]

Noun

axungia f (genitive axungiae); first declension

  1. axle grease

Declension

First-declension noun.

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
  • Catalan: ensunya, xulla
  • French: axonge
  • Galician: enxunlla, ensulla
  • → Greek: ξίγκι (xígki)
  • Friulian: sonze, songe
  • Italian: sugna
  • Portuguese: enxúndia
  • Romanian: osânză
  • Romansch: 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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