LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

iūnctūra

iūnctūra f (genitive iūnctūrae)

Meaning

  1. a joining, uniting; an association
  2. a juncture; joint

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeiūnctūraiūnctūrae
genitiveiūnctūraeiūnctūrārum
dativeiūnctūraeiūnctūrīs
accusativeiūnctūramiūnctūrās
ablativeiūnctūrāiūnctūrīs
vocativeiūnctūraiūnctūrae

junctūra, ae, f. id.,
I. a joining, uniting; a juncture, joint (poet. and post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: boum, Col. 2, 2 22: genuum, Ov. M. 2, 823: ut umor teneat juncturas, i. e. the commissures, joints, Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 214: quadrato saxo murus ducatur juncturis quam longissimis, Vitr. 5, 12, 6: laterum juncturas fibula mordet, the two ends of the girdle which meet, Verg. A. 12, 274.—
B. Transf.
1. Plur., trappings, mountings (post-class.): data et vehicula cum mulabus, et mulionibus, cum juncturis argenteis, Capitol. Ver. 5.—
2. A team (postclass.): carruca cum junctura legata, Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 91.—
II. Trop., a connection: generis, i. e. relationship, consanguinity, Ov. H. 4, 135.—
B. In partic.
1. Rhet.: in omni compositione tria sunt necessaria, ordo, junctura, numerus, Quint. 9, 4, 32.—
2. Gram., a joining together, compounding: dixeris egregie, notum si callida verbum Reddiderit junctura novum, Hor. A. P. 47.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*yewg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*yunégti
  3. Proto-Italic*jungō
  4. Latiniūnctūra

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin iūnctūra From iungō + -tūra.

Descendants
  • Englishjuncture
  • Englishjointure
  • Frenchjointure
  • Italiangiuntura
  • Portuguesejuntura
  • Spanishjuntura
  • Albaniangjymtyrë

In English words that came into English from iūnctūra

  • junctureiūnctūra
  • jointureiūnctūra

Quick answers

What does iūnctūra mean in Latin?
iūnctūra, a noun, means “a joining, uniting; an association; a juncture”.
What is the genitive of iūnctūra?
The genitive singular is iūnctūrae. iūnctūra is feminine, first declension.
Where does iūnctūra come from?
Proto-Indo-European *yewg- → Proto-Indo-European *yunégti → Proto-Italic *jungō → Latin iūnctūra.