iunior

Latin

Alternative forms

jūnior

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *juwenjōs, from *juwenis + *-jōs.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯uː.ni.or/, [ˈi̯uːniɔr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.ni.or/, [ˈjuːnior]

Adjective

iūnior (neuter iūnius); third declension

comparative degree of iuvenis

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	iūnior	iūnius		iūniōrēs	iūniōra
Genitive	iūniōris			iūniōrum
Dative	iūniōrī			iūniōribus
Accusative	iūniōrem	iūnius		iūniōrēs	iūniōra
Ablative	iūniōre			iūniōribus
Vocative	iūnior	iūnius		iūniōrēs	iūniōra

Related terms

iuvenior

Descendants

→ Catalan: junior
→ English: junior
→ French: junior
→ Italian: giuniore
Old French: joindre, gignor
- French: geindre, gindre
→ Portuguese: júnior
→ Romanian: junior
→ Spanish: júnior

References

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

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