iurgium
Latin
Etymology
From iūrgō (“quarrel, dispute”) + -ium, from iūs (“law”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjuːr.ɡi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjur.d͡ʒi.um]
Noun
iūrgium n (genitive iūrgiī or iūrgī); second declension
- a quarrel, strife, dispute, altercation, contention; abuse, invective
- (law) a legal dispute, a separation between husband and wife
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | iūrgium | iūrgia |
| genitive | iūrgiī iūrgī1 |
iūrgiōrum |
| dative | iūrgiō | iūrgiīs |
| accusative | iūrgium | iūrgia |
| ablative | iūrgiō | iūrgiīs |
| vocative | iūrgium | iūrgia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Related terms
- iūrgātōrius
- iūrgātrīx
- iūrgō
References
- “iurgium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “iurgium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "iurgium", 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)