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iugum.

a yoke (for oxen or cattle) or collar (for a horse)

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Meaning & usage

noun[ˈjʊ.ɡũː]Classical-Latin[ˈjuː.ɡum]
  1. a yoke (for oxen or cattle) or collar (for a horse)

    declension-2 · neuter
  2. a yoke, pair, team of draft oxen; a pair of horses; a chariot

    declension-2 · neuter
  3. a yoke, pair, team of draft oxen; a pair of horses; a chariot a pair of anything

    declension-2 · neuter
  4. a juger of land

    declension-2 · neuter
  5. in Kent, a yoke of land, quarter sulung

    declension-2 · neuter
  6. a horizontal beam or rail fastened perpendicular to a post or pole; a crossbeam, crossrail

    declension-2 · neuter
  7. a horizontal beam or rail fastened perpendicular to a post or pole; a crossbeam, crossrail any of various types of horizontal structural member: the beam which united the upright posts of a loom, the crossbar of a lyre, the crossrail of a trellis, the thwart or cross-bench of a boat (the rower's bench)

    declension-2 · neuter
  8. a symbolic yoke of subjugation: a low makeshift archway of three spears under which a vanquished enemy was made to bend in humiliation as they passed by

    declension-2 · neuter
  9. a scalebeam; (metonymic) a pair of scales; (astronomy) the Libra

    declension-2 · neuter
  10. the summit or ridge of a mountain; a chain or range of mountains

    declension-2 · neuter
  11. the bond (of slavery, matrimony, etc.)

    declension-2 · figuratively · neuter
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *jugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm, from *yewg- (“to yoke, harness, join”) + *-óm. Cognate with Sanskrit युग (yuga), Ancient Greek ζῠγόν (zŭgón), and Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌺 (juk). Equivalent to a substantivization of the adjective iugus (“belonging together”).

adj[ˈjʊ.ɡũː]Classical-Latin[ˈjuː.ɡum]
  1. inflection of iugus: accusative masculine singular

    accusative · form-of · masculine · singular
  2. inflection of iugus: nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

    accusative · form-of · neuter · nominative · singular · vocative
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