iugulum

Latin

Alternative forms

• jugulum, iugulus, jugulus

Etymology

From iugum (“a yoke, collar”) +‎ -ulum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯u.ɡu.lum/, [ˈi̯ʊɡʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.ɡu.lum/, [ˈjuːɡulum]

Noun

iugulum n (genitive iugulī); second declension

1. (anatomy) the collarbone
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.43.98:

     Terrestrium solus homo bipes. uni iuguli, umeri, ceteris armi; uni ulnae.

2. (transferred sense) the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone
3. (transferred sense) the throat
   • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 3.15:

      […]; et coepta luce perfosso iugulo, iacente humi gladio, repertus est.

4. (figurative) a murder, slaughter

   Synonyms: nex, lētum, homicīdium, excidium, occīsiō, occīdiō

5. (figurative) the main point of one's argument
   • c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 8.6.51:

      […], pedem conferre et iugulum petere et sanguinem mittere, inde sunt, nec offendunt tamen.

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iugulum	iugula
Genitive	iugulī	iugulōrum
Dative	iugulō	iugulīs
Accusative	iugulum	iugula
Ablative	iugulō	iugulīs
Vocative	iugulum	iugula

Derived terms

• Iugula
• iugulō

Related terms

• iugulātiō
• iugulātor
• iugum

Descendants

• Dalmatian: zoglo
• Italian: giugolo
• Sardinian: thucru, thruccu, thùgulu, trughu, sughu^[1]

References

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

1. Wagner, Max Leopold (2009) Giulio Paulis, editor, DES Dizionario etimologico sardo, a cura di Giulio Paulis, ILISSO, →ISBN, § θúkru