jugulum

English

Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”), diminutive of jugum (“a yoke, collar”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jəl.əm/, /ˈju.ɡjəl.əm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

jugulum (plural jugula)

1. The neck or throat.
   • 2004, George Saintsbury, History Of English Criticism, page 498:

     The jugulum at which to aim is the use of the word "criticism" at all.

2. (zootomy, of a bird) The lower throat or the part of the neck just above the breast.
3. (entomology) The jugum of an insect's wing.

Derived terms

• jugular

References

• “jugulum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈjʊ.ɡʊ.ɫũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈjuː.ɡu.lum]

Noun

jugulum n (genitive jugulī); second declension

1. post-classical spelling of iugulum

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	jugulum	jugula
genitive	jugulī	jugulōrum
dative	jugulō	jugulīs
accusative	jugulum	jugula
ablative	jugulō	jugulīs
vocative	jugulum	jugula

Descendants

• → English: jugulum

References

• “jugulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “jugulum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.