iuba
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈju.ba/
- Rhymes: -uba
- Hyphenation: iù‧ba
Noun
iuba f (plural iube)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Apparently from the same Proto-Indo-European source as iubeō as in "moving", "billowing".
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjʊ.ba]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjuː.ba]
Noun
iuba f (genitive iubae); first declension
- mane; the flowing hair on the neck of an animal
- hair of the head
- a crest on a helmet; tuft; comb of a rooster
- Synonym: crista
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | iuba | iubae |
| genitive | iubae | iubārum |
| dative | iubae | iubīs |
| accusative | iubam | iubās |
| ablative | iubā | iubīs |
| vocative | iuba | iubae |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- "iuba", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “iuba”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 511