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iugus

Pronunciation: [ˈjʊ.ɡʊs]

“iugus” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. combined together, in all
  2. nuptial (as a divine epithet of Juno)

Etymology

For Proto-Italic *jugos, from Proto-Indo-European *yugós (“yoked”), from *yewg- (“to join, to yoke, to harness”) + *-ós (adjectival suffix). Contrast iugum, a nominal formation, and iūgis, likely unrelated. For the divine epithet, cf. Ancient Greek Ἥρα ζυγία (Hḗra zugía).

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