LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

iugus

iugus (feminine iuga, neuter iugum)
Classical[ˈjʊ.ɡʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈjuː.ɡus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverarecombined together, in all
    vāsa oleāria īnstrūcta iuga Voil-pressing vessels, 5 in all234 BCE – 149 BCE, Marcus Porcius Cato, On Agriculture 10.2
  2. adjectivenuptial (as a divine epithet of Juno)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeiugusiugaiugum
genitiveiugīiugaeiugī
dativeiugōiugaeiugō
accusativeiugumiugamiugum
ablativeiugōiugāiugō
vocativeiugeiugaiugum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeiugīiugaeiuga
genitiveiugōrumiugārumiugōrum
dativeiugīsiugīsiugīs
accusativeiugōsiugāsiuga
ablativeiugīsiugīsiugīs
vocativeiugīiugaeiuga

jŭgus, a, um, adj. 1. jugo,
I. belonging together (ante-class.): vasa, Cato, R. R. 10.

Origins

For Proto-Italic *jugos, from Proto-Indo-European *yugós (“yoked”), from *yewg- (“to join, to yoke, to harness”) + *-ós (adjectival suffix). Contrast iugum, a nominal formation, and iūgis, likely unrelated. For the divine epithet, cf. Ancient Greek Ἥρα ζυγία (Hḗra zugía).

Quick answers

What does iugus mean in Latin?
iugus, a adjective, means “combined together, in all; nuptial (as a divine epithet of Juno)”.
How do you pronounce iugus?
In classical Latin, [ˈjʊ.ɡʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈjuː.ɡus].