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iuvencus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *juwənkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós, equivalent to iuvenis + -cus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

iuvencus (feminine iuvenca, neuter iuvencum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. young

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

Noun

iuvencus m (genitive iuvencī); second declension

  1. bullock
  2. a young man

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Eastern Romance
    • Aromanian: giuncu
    • Romanian: junc
  • Italo-Dalmatian
  • West Iberian

References

  • juvencus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • iuvencus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • iuvencus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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