iugulo

iugulo

Latin

Etymology

    From iugulum + .

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    iugulō (present infinitive iugulāre, perfect active iugulāvī, supine iugulātum); first conjugation

    1. to slay, kill, slit the throat of
      Synonyms: necō, caedō, interficiō, trucīdō, tollō, peragō, percutiō, interimō, perimō, obtruncō, cōnficiō, occīdō, ēnecō, sōpiō, dēiciō, absūmō, cōnsūmō
      • Horace, Epistulae, Book I, Epistle II
        Ut iugulent hominem, surgunt dē nocte latrōnēs.
        Brigands rise at night, that they may cut the throats of men.

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Balkano-Romance:
      • Aromanian: giunglju, giungljari
      • Megleno-Romanian: jungľu
      • Romanian: junghia, înjunghia, junghi
    • Italo-Romance:
      • >? Italian: giogolare
    • Borrowings:

    Noun

    iugulo

    1. dative/ablative singular of iugulum

    References

    • iugulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers