iugum.
a yoke (for oxen or cattle) or collar (for a horse)
Meaning & usage
a yoke (for oxen or cattle) or collar (for a horse)
a yoke, pair, team of draft oxen; a pair of horses; a chariot
a yoke, pair, team of draft oxen; a pair of horses; a chariot a pair of anything
a juger of land
in Kent, a yoke of land, quarter sulung
a horizontal beam or rail fastened perpendicular to a post or pole; a crossbeam, crossrail
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)
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
a scalebeam; (metonymic) a pair of scales; (astronomy) the Libra
the summit or ridge of a mountain; a chain or range of mountains
the bond (of slavery, matrimony, etc.)
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”).
inflection of iugus: accusative masculine singular
inflection of iugus: nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
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