iuglans

Latin

Alternative forms

• jūglāns

Etymology

A univerbation of Iovis glāns (“Jupiter's acorn”), from Proto-Italic *djouglānts. The compound is of Proto-Indo-European date, with parallels in Ancient Greek Διὸς βάλανος (Diòs bálanos, “sweet chestnut”), Armenian տկողին (tkoġin).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯uː.ɡlans/, [ˈi̯uːɡɫ̪ä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.ɡlans/, [ˈjuːɡläns]

Noun

iūglāns f (genitive iūglandis); third declension

1. walnut
2. walnut tree

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iūglāns	iūglandēs
Genitive	iūglandis	iūglandium iūglandum
Dative	iūglandī	iūglandibus
Accusative	iūglandem	iūglandēs
Ablative	iūglande	iūglandibus
Vocative	iūglāns	iūglandēs

Descendants

• → English: juglans
• → Esperanto: juglando
• Translingual: Juglans

References

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