adverb
iū̆xtā1
iū̆xtā (not comparable)
Classical[ˈjuːk.staː]Ecclesiastical[ˈjuk.sta]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- not comparablenearly, nigh
- not comparablenear, close to
- not comparablejust as
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
prope, ad latusiūxtā — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 2
secundum, propteriuxtā — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 12, 16
juxtā, adv. and prep. sup. form from jugis; v. jungo,
I. near to, nigh.
I. Adv.
A. Lit., of place.
1. Of several objects, near together, in close proximity:
theatra duo juxta fecit amplissima e ligno, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 117.—2. In gen., near at hand, near, near by, hard by, close to, by the side of:
legio, quae juxta constiterat, Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 1: ut sellam juxta poneret, Sall. J. 65, 2: furiarum maxima juxta Accubat, Verg. A. 6, 605: forte fuit juxta tumulus, id. ib. 3, 22: procul vel juxta sitas vires circumspectabat, Tac. H. 2, 72: talem perlatum Pompeio juxta res gerenti Mithridatico bello, Plin. 6, 17, 19, § 51: abjecto clam juxta pugione, Suet. Ner. 34: thermisque juxta celeriter constructis, id. Tit. 7.— Rarely with verbs of motion: accedere juxta, Ov. M. 8, 809.—B. Transf., in like manner, equally, alike (syn.: aeque, pariter).
(a). Absol.:
eorum ego vitam mortemque juxta aestimo, Sall. C. 2: aestatem et hiemem juxta pati, id. J. 85, 33: ceteri juxta insontes, Liv. 24, 5, 13: qui Argenta habent, aliaque castella juxta ignobilia, id. 32, 14, 2: juxta periculosum seu ficta seu vera promeret, Tac. A. 1, 6: solo caeloque juxta gravi, id. H. 5, 7.—(b). With dat.:
Fabius omittendam rem parvam ac juxta magnis difficilem censebat, Liv. 24, 19, 6.— (g). With ac, atque, et, quam, cum, in the sense of as, than (cf.:
aeque ac, pariter ac, etc.): juxta tecum aeque scio, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 75: juxta eam curo cum mea, id. Trin. 1, 2, 160 (so always in Plaut.; v. Brix ad loc.): juxta mecum omnes intellegitis, Sall. C. 58, 5: absentium bona juxta atque interemptorum divisa fuere, Liv. 1, 54, 9; 3, 33, 10: juxta eam rem aegre passi patres, quam cum consulatum vulgari viderent, i. e. were just as indignant, id. 10, 6, 9: qui me, juxta ac si meus frater esset, sustentavit, just as if, = non secus ac si, Cic. post Red. ap. Sen. 8, 20: juxta ac si hostes adessent, Sall. J. 45, 2; Liv. 22, 31, 3: in re juxta manifesta atque atroci, id. 3, 33, 10; 24, 5, 13; 21, 33, 4; 5, 6, 5: reipublicae juxta ac sibi consulere, Sall. C. 37, 8: litteris Graecis atque Latinis juxta eruditus, id. J. 95, 3: juxta bonos et malos interficere, id. C. 51, 30.—II. Prep., with acc., very near, close to, near to, hard by (not ante-class.).
A. Lit., of place:
juxta eum castra posuit, Caes. B. C. 3, 41, 4; 3, 65, 4; 3, 20, 1; Nep. Dat. 1, 1; id. Att. 22 fin.; Quint. 8, 4, 22: juxta murum castra posuit, Caes. B. C. 1, 16, 4: totos dies juxta focum atque ignem agunt, Tac. G. 17; Col. 4, 8, 2.—Placed after the case: hanc (aram) juxta, Nep. Paus. 4, 4: vicina Ceraunia juxta, Verg. A. 3, 506: cubiculum Caesaris juxta, Tac. A. 13, 15 fin.: Rhenum juxta, id. ib. 4, 5: Tiberim juxta, id. ib. 2, 41: Aditum juxta moenia urbis Volsco militi struxit, Val. Max. 5, 4, 1.—B. Transf.
1. Next to, immediately after, beside, on a par with:
juxta deos in tua manu positum est, Tac. H. 2, 76: apud quos juxta divinas religiones, humana fides colitur, Liv. 9, 9, 4: homo, juxta M. Varronem doctissimus, Gell. 4, 9: vilitate juxta beluas esse, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 26.—2. Near, approaching to, like, almost the same as:
velocitas juxta formidinem, cunctatio propior constantiae est, Tac. G. 30: gravitate annonae juxta seditionem ventum est, id. A. 6, 13: juxta seditionem esse, Sall. H. 3, 67, 11 Dietsch: populi imperium juxta libertatem, Tac. A. 6, 42: sapor juxta fontis dulcissimos, Sall. H. 4, 13.—3. Along with, together with: cum interea lucubrando faceret juxta ancillas lanam, Varr. ap. Non. 322: juxta se conjuges vexari, just as:
pariter ac, Liv. 41, 6: periculosiores sunt inimicitiae juxta libertatem, among a free people, Tac. G. 21.—4. In consequence of, in proportion to (post-class., except one doubtful passage in Liv.):
huic consuetudo juxta vicinitatem cum Aebutio fuit, Liv. 39, 9, 6 dub. Weissenb. ad loc.: quem juxta nocturnum visum ergastulo liberavit, Just. 1, 7, 1: convivium juxta regiam magnificentiam ludis exornat, id. 12, 3, 11.—5. According to:
juxta praeceptum, Just. 2, 12, 25; Nazar. Pan. Const. 23; Vulg. Gen. 1, 11: juxta morem, id. ib. 19, 31: juxta hoc videtur et divus Hadrianus rescripsisse in haec verba, Dig. 29, 5, 1, § 28: juxta inclytum oratorem, Hier. Ep. 82.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
iūxtā adv.
for * iūgistā, abl f. sup. from iūgis, near to, nigh, near at hand, near, near by, hard by, close to, by the side of: legio, quae iuxta constiterat, Cs.: sellam iuxta ponere, S.: furiarum maxima iuxta Accubat, V.: accedere iuxta, O.— In like manner, equally, alike on a par: eorum ego vitam mortemque iuxta aestimo, S.: ceteri iuxta insontes, L.: res parva ac iuxta magnis difficilis, L.: iuxta eam rem aegre passi patres, quam cum viderent, etc., i. e. were just as indignant, L.: iuxta mecum omnes intellegitis, S.: absentium bona iuxta atque interemptorum diyisa fuere, L.: iuxta ac si meus frater esset, just as if: iuxta ac si hostes adessent, S.: litteris Graecis atque Latinis iuxta eruditus, S.
iūxtā praep. with acc.
1 iuxta, very near, close to, near to, hard by: iuxta eum castra posuit, Cs.: iuxta focum agunt, Ta.: hanc (aram) iuxta, N.: vicina Ceraunia iuxta, V.—Next to, immediately after, beside, on a par with: iuxta divinas religiones, humana fides colitur, L.—Near, approaching to, like, almost the same as: velocitas iuxta formidinem, cunctatio propior constantiae est, Ta.— Along with, together with: inimicitiae iuxta libertatem, among a free people, Ta.—In consequence of, in accordance with: huic consuetudo iuxta vicinitatem cum Aebutio fuit, L.
Origins
Unclear, but reflects an earlier ablative form. Proposals include: * from Proto-Italic *jougestos (“yoked”), from *jougos (“team of yoke animals”) (whence Latin iūgera pl), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yewg-es-, from *(H)yewg- (“join together”); * from Proto-Italic *jugistos (“closest”), equivalent to *(H)yug- + *-istHos (“superlative suffix”); however, this suffix is otherwise not found in Latin. The accusative is from the suffix used adverbially.