coniunx

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Equivalent to coniungō +‎ -s or coniugō +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.i̯uːnks/, [ˈkɔni̯uːŋks̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.junks/, [ˈkɔnjuŋks]

Noun

coniūnx m or f (genitive coniugis); third declension

spouse, married partner, i.e. husband or wife
Synonyms: nūpta, uxor, mulier, mātrōna, marītus, vir
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.497–498:
  Bacche, fidem praestā nec praefer amōribus ūllam
  coniugis, adsuēvī semper amāre virum.
  Remain faithful, Bacchus, and neither prefer any woman to the love
  of a wife, one accustomed to love her husband forever.
  (Ariadne denounces her husband's infidelity.)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coniūnx	coniugēs
Genitive	coniugis	coniugum
Dative	coniugī	coniugibus
Accusative	coniugem	coniugēs
Ablative	coniuge	coniugibus
Vocative	coniūnx	coniugēs

Descendants

→ Catalan: cònjuge
→ French: conjoint
→ Galician: cónxuxe
→ Italian: coniuge
→ Portuguese: cônjuge
→ Sicilian: còniuci
→ Spanish: cónyuge

References

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

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