LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

iuba

iuba f (genitive iubae)
Classical[ˈjʊ.ba]Ecclesiastical[ˈjuː.ba]

Meaning

  1. femininemane; the flowing hair on the neck of an animal
  2. femininehair of the head
  3. femininea crest on a helmet; tuft; comb of a rooster

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeiubaiubae
genitiveiubaeiubārum
dativeiubaeiubīs
accusativeiubamiubās
ablativeiubāiubīs
vocativeiubaiubae

jŭba, ae, f.,
I. the flowing hair on the neck of an animal, the mane.
I. Lit.: equi, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73: huic equus ille jubam quatiens, Cic. N. D. poet. 2, 43, 111: equorum jubae, Caes. B. G. 1, 48; Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 142: luduntque jubae per colla, per armos, Verg. A. 11, 497.—
B. Transf., the hair of the head, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2; the hairy neck of dogs, Val. Fl. 6, 111; the crest of serpents, id. 8, 88; the crest of a helmet, Verg. A. 7, 785; the comb or tuft of feathers on the head of cocks and other birds, Col. 8, 2, 10; the tail of a comet, Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89; the foliage of trees, id. 6, 22, 24, § 87: mullorum, the beards, Juv. 6, 40.— *
II. Trop., of the historic style of writing: hanc (orationem) saepius ossa, musculi, nervi: illam (historiam) tori quidam, et quasi jubae decent, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 10.

Origins

Apparently from the same Proto-Indo-European source as iubeō as in "moving", "billowing".

Descendants
  • Italiangiubba
  • Portuguesejuba

Quick answers

What does iuba mean in Latin?
iuba, a noun, means “mane; the flowing hair on the neck of an animal; hair of the head”.
What is the genitive of iuba?
The genitive singular is iubae. iuba is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce iuba?
In classical Latin, [ˈjʊ.ba]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈjuː.ba].