coniunx

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Equivalent to coniungō +‎ -s or coniugō +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

Noun

coniūnx m or f (genitive coniugis); third declension

  1. spouse, married partner, i.e. husband or wife
    Synonyms: nūpta, uxor, mulier, mātrōna, marītus, vir
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.497–498:
      Bacche, fidem praestā nec praefer amōribus ūllam
      coniugis, adsuēvī semper amāre virum.
      Remain faithful, Bacchus, and neither prefer any woman to the love
      of a wife, one accustomed to love her husband forever.
      (Ariadne denounces her husband's infidelity.)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative coniūnx coniugēs
genitive coniugis coniugum
dative coniugī coniugibus
accusative coniugem coniugēs
ablative coniuge coniugibus
vocative coniūnx coniugēs

Descendants

  • → Catalan: cònjuge
  • → French: conjoint
  • → Galician: cónxuxe
  • → Italian: coniuge
  • → Portuguese: cônjuge
  • → Sicilian: còniuci
  • → Spanish: cónyuge

References

  • “conjunx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “coniunx”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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