jugum

English
Acacia karroo bipinnate leaf, showing examples of juga
A. Rachilla (the diminutive of rachis)
B. Pinnule
C. Jugary glands
D. Juga (plural of jugum)
E. Base of petiole
F. Petiolary gland
G. Rachis

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin jugum (“a yoke, collar; a pair of anything; the summit, ridge”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒuː.ɡəm/

Noun

jugum (plural juga or jugums)

  1. (zootomy) A connecting ridge or projection, especially on a bone.
  2. (entomology) A lobe on the forewing of some moths which interlocks with the hindwing in flight.
  3. (botany) One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
  4. (botany) A pair of opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for jugum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Derived terms

References

Hausa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /(d)ʒù.ɡúm/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɪ̀.ɡʷʊ́m]

Ideophone

jùgum

  1. sad, dejected

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

jugum n (genitive jugī); second declension

  1. Post-Classical form of iugum.

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative jugum juga
Genitive jugī jugōrum
Dative jugō jugīs
Accusative jugum juga
Ablative jugō jugīs
Vocative jugum juga

References
  • “jugum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • jugum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “jugum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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