iuba
Latin
Etymology
Apparently from the same Proto-Indo-European source as iubeō as in "moving", "billowing".
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈju.ba/, [ˈjʊ.ba]
Noun
iuba f (genitive iubae); first declension
- mane; the flowing hair on the neck of an animal
- hair of the head
- a crest on a helmet; tuft; comb of a rooster
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | iuba | iubae |
| genitive | iubae | iubārum |
| dative | iubae | iubīs |
| accusative | iubam | iubās |
| ablative | iubā | iubīs |
| vocative | iuba | iubae |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- iuba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- iuba in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 511
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