Iunonicola

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Iūnō +‎ -cola.

Pronunciation

Noun

Iūnōnicola m (genitive Iūnōnicolae); first declension

  1. he who honours or worships Juno
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.47-50:
      Paeniteat Sparten Argosque measque Mycenas
      et veterem Latio subposuisse Samon:
      adde senem Tatium Iunonicolasque Faliscos,
      quos ego Romanis succubuisse tuli.
      I would repent of having granted Rome rule of Sparta
      And of Argos, Mycenae, and ancient Samos:
      And of old Tatius, and the Faliscans who worship Juno,
      Whom I allowed to fall prey to the Romans.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Iūnōnicola Iūnōnicolae
genitive Iūnōnicolae Iūnōnicolārum
dative Iūnōnicolae Iūnōnicolīs
accusative Iūnōnicolam Iūnōnicolās
ablative Iūnōnicolā Iūnōnicolīs
vocative Iūnōnicola Iūnōnicolae

References

  • Jūnōnĭcŏla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Iunonicola”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Jūnōnĭcŏla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 873/1.
  • Iūnōnicola” on page 983/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)