iuventa
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. The term could be compared with Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌹 (jundai) and Sanskrit युवता (yuvatā, “youth, youthfulness”) and perhaps derive from Proto-Italic *juwentā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥téh₂,[1] itself from *h₂yéwHō. Otherwise, in Latin, the sequence -VṷV̆C- evolves into -VṷC- (Compare *prowidens > *proudens > prūdens). However, this issue could be resolved if this rule did not affect the sequence -ŭṷV̆C-.[2]
See also iuventūs and iuventās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [jʊˈwɛn.ta]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [juˈvɛn.ta]
Noun
iuventa f (genitive iuventae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | iuventa | iuventae |
| genitive | iuventae | iuventārum |
| dative | iuventae | iuventīs |
| accusative | iuventam | iuventās |
| ablative | iuventā | iuventīs |
| vocative | iuventa | iuventae |
Related terms
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, →ISBN, page 61: “*h₂yuHn̥téh₂ ‘youth’”
- ^ Nussbaum, Alan (2022), “Classical Latin iūdicāre and Corcolle iouosdica-:Can you get here from there?”, in Grestenberger, Laura, Reiss, Charles, Fellner, Hannes, Pantillon, Gabriel, editors, Ha! Linguistic Studies in Honor of Mark R. Hale[2], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 4-5
- “iuventa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “juventa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “juventa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Further reading
- Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “iuvenis”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 735-6: “*i̯uu̯n̥tā́”
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “5. i̯eu- ,jung‘”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 510-511: “*i̯uu̯n̥tā”
- Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “iuuenis, -is”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[3] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 331
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “iuvenis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 317-318