iunior
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *juwenjōs, from *juwenis + *-jōs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjuː.ni.ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjuː.ni.or]
Adjective
iūnior (comparative, neuter iūnius); third declension
- comparative degree of iuvenis
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | iūnior | iūnius | iūniōrēs | iūniōra | |
| genitive | iūniōris | iūniōrum | |||
| dative | iūniōrī | iūniōribus | |||
| accusative | iūniōrem | iūnius | iūniōrēs iūniōrīs |
iūniōra | |
| ablative | iūniōre iūniōrī |
iūniōribus | |||
| vocative | iūnior | iūnius | iūniōrēs | iūniōra | |
Related terms
Descendants
- Old French: joindre, gignor
- French: geindre, gindre (both obsolete)
- → Catalan: junior
- → English: junior
- → French: junior
- → Italian: giuniore, iuniore, iunior, junior
- → Portuguese: júnior
- → Romanian: junior
- → Spanish: júnior
References
- “iunior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "iunior", 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)