noun · femininefirst declension
iuvenca
iuvenca f (genitive iuvencae)
Classical[jʊˈwɛŋ.ka]Ecclesiastical[juˈvɛŋ.ka]
Meaning
- femininea young cow, heifer
dēpositā sequitur taurus feritāte iuvencam, quem tōtī saltūs, quem nemus omne tremit. Having put aside his ferocity, the bull follows the heifer –
[that same bull at] whom entire forests, [at] whom every pasture trembles!8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.103–104 - femininea young woman
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
vacca iuvenisiuvenca -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 4, 20
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | iuvenca | iuvencae |
| genitive | iuvencae | iuvencārum |
| dative | iuvencae | iuvencīs |
| accusative | iuvencam | iuvencās |
| ablative | iuvencā | iuvencīs |
| vocative | iuvenca | iuvencae |
jŭvenca, ae, f., v. 1. juvencus.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
iuvenca ae, f
iuvencus, a young cow, heifer: formosa, V.: votiva, H.—A girl: Graia, i. e. Helen, O.: tua, H.
Origins
Perhaps Inherited from Proto-Italic *juwenkā, itself from *juwenkos.
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesejuvencafrom Old Galician-Portuguese jovenca
- Spanishjuvenca
- Galicianxovencafrom Old Galician-Portuguese jovenca
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianjuncă
- Aromaniangiuncã
Italo-Romance
- Italiangiovenca
- Neapolitanjenca
- Sicilianjenca
Borrowings
- Albaniangjuvengë