iurgium
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From iūrgō (“quarrel, dispute”) + -ium, from iūs (“law”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈi̯uːr.ɡi.um/, [ˈi̯uːrɡiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈjur.d͡ʒi.um/, [ˈjurd͡ʒium]
Noun[edit]
iūrgium n (genitive iūrgiī or iūrgī); second declension
- A quarrel, strife, dispute, altercation, contention; abuse, invective.
- (law) A legal dispute, a separation between husband and wife.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | iūrgium | iūrgia |
| Genitive | iūrgiī iūrgī1 |
iūrgiōrum |
| Dative | iūrgiō | iūrgiīs |
| Accusative | iūrgium | iūrgia |
| Ablative | iūrgiō | iūrgiīs |
| Vocative | iūrgium | iūrgia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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References[edit]
- “iurgium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “iurgium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- iurgium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)