iunior

Latin

Alternative forms

• jūnior

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯uː.ni.or/, [ˈi̯uːniɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.ni.or/, [ˈjuːnior]

Adjective

iūnior (neuter iūnius); third declension

1. comparative degree of iuvenis

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
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)