noun · masculinesecond declension
iuncus
iuncus m (genitive iuncī)
Classical[ˈjʊŋ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈjuŋ.kus]
Meaning
- masculinerush, reed
Fortūnāte senex, ergō tua rūra manēbunt et tibi magna satis, quamvīs lapis omnia nūdus
Oh you, so in old age fortunate! May bare stone and morasses with mud-dwelling reed cover them, yours your land and yours these pastures all, as ample as need be, remain.c. 41 BCE – 39 BCE, Vergilius, Eclogae 1.46–48
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | iuncus | iuncī |
| genitive | iuncī | iuncōrum |
| dative | iuncō | iuncīs |
| accusative | iuncum | iuncōs |
| ablative | iuncō | iuncīs |
| vocative | iunce | iuncī |
juncus, i, m.,
I. a rush.
I. Lit.:
murteta juncis circumvincire, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 27: palustres, Ov. M. 8, 336: acutā cuspide junci, id. ib. 4, 299.—II. A twig resembling a rush, Plin. 26, 8, 46, § 72.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
iuncus ī, m
a rush: Limosus, V.: acutā cuspide iunci, O.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *joinikos, cognate with Middle Irish ain (“rushes, reeds”) and Old Norse einir (“juniper”) equated with Latin iūniperus. Kroonen derives it from a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-n-yo-, but Matasović notes that because this group of words is found only in Western Indo-European dialects, it likely originated as a loanword from a non-Indo-European (substrate) source; this is supported by De Vaan.
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanjonc
- Frenchjoncfrom Old French jonc
- Englishjunkfrom Old French jonc
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesejuncofrom Old Galician-Portuguese junco
- Spanishjunco
- Englishjuncofrom Spanish junco
- Falaxuncufrom Old Galician-Portuguese junco
- Falaxhuncufrom Old Galician-Portuguese junco
- Falaixhuncufrom Old Galician-Portuguese junco
- Galicianxuncofrom Old Galician-Portuguese junco
- TranslingualJuncofrom Spanish junco
Italo-Romance
- Italiangiunco
- Albanianxunkthfrom Italian giunco
- Sicilianjuncu
Borrowings
- Englishjuncusfrom Translingual Juncus
In English words that came into English from iuncus
- juncoiuncus