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jŭgum (noun N) : kindred to Sanscr. yuga from yug-, jungere; Gr. ζυγόν; v. jungo
* A yoke for oxen, a collar for horses.
* Lit.: nos onera quibusdam bestiis, nos juga imponimus,Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151: leones jugo subdere, et ad currum jungere,Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 55: (bos) juga detractans,Verg. G. 3, 57: tauris solvere,id. E. 4, 41: frena jugo concordia ferre,id. A. 3, 542; Ov. M. 12, 77: jugum excutere,Curt. 4, 15, 16.
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* Trop., yoke, bonds of slavery, matrimony, etc.: Pa. Jamne ea fert jugum? Ph. Tam a me pudicast quasi soror mea, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 50: cujus a cervicibus jugum servile dejecerant,Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6: Venus Diductos jugo cogit aëneo,Hor. C. 3, 9, 18: accipere,Just. 44, 5, 8: exuere,to shake off,Tac. Agr. 31: excutere,Plin. Pan. 11: nondum subacta ferre jugum valet Cervice,the yoke of marriage,Hor. C. 2, 5, 1. —Of misfortune: ferre jugum pariter dolosi,Hor. C. 1, 35, 28: pari jugo niti,to work with equal efforts,Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9: calamitates terroresque mortalium sub jugum mittere,to subjugate,Sen. de Prov. 4 init.: felices, qui ferre incommoda vitae, nec jactare jugum vita didicere magistra,Juv. 13, 22.
* A juger of land: in Hispania ulteriore metiuntur jugis: jugum vocant, quod juncti boves uno die exarare possint,Varr. R. R. 1, 10 (but in Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 9, the correct reading is jugerum; v. Sillig ad h. l.).
* A beam, lath, or rail fastenedin a horizontal direction to perpendicular poles or posts, a cross-beam, cross-rail: palmes in jugum insilit,Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 175: vineam sub jugum mittere,Col. 4, 22.
* Esp. as the symbol of humiliation and defeat, a yoke, consisting of two upright spears, and a third laid transversely upon them, under which vanquished enemies were made to pass: cum male pugnatum apud Caudium esset, legionibus nostris sub jugum missis,Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109: exercitum sub jugum mittere,Caes. B. G. 1, 12; 1, 7; Quint. 3, 8, 3; Liv. 1, 26, 13; 2, 34, 9 al.; also, sub jugo mittere,id. 3, 28 fin.
* The constellation Libra: Romam, in jugo cum esset luna, natam esse dicebat,Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98.
* The beam of a weaver's loom: tela jugo vincta est,Ov. M. 6, 55.
* A rower's bench, Verg. A. 6, 411.
* A height or summit of a mountain, a ridge; also, a chain of mountains: in immensis qua tumet Ida jugis,Ov. H. 5, 138: montis,Verg. E. 5, 76; Caes. B. C. 1, 70: suspectum jugum Cumis,Juv. 9, 57; 3, 191.
* A yoke for oxen, a collar for horses.
* Lit.: nos onera quibusdam bestiis, nos juga imponimus,Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151: leones jugo subdere, et ad currum jungere,Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 55: (bos) juga detractans,Verg. G. 3, 57: tauris solvere,id. E. 4, 41: frena jugo concordia ferre,id. A. 3, 542; Ov. M. 12, 77: jugum excutere,Curt. 4, 15, 16.
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* Trop., yoke, bonds of slavery, matrimony, etc.: Pa. Jamne ea fert jugum? Ph. Tam a me pudicast quasi soror mea, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 50: cujus a cervicibus jugum servile dejecerant,Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6: Venus Diductos jugo cogit aëneo,Hor. C. 3, 9, 18: accipere,Just. 44, 5, 8: exuere,to shake off,Tac. Agr. 31: excutere,Plin. Pan. 11: nondum subacta ferre jugum valet Cervice,the yoke of marriage,Hor. C. 2, 5, 1. —Of misfortune: ferre jugum pariter dolosi,Hor. C. 1, 35, 28: pari jugo niti,to work with equal efforts,Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9: calamitates terroresque mortalium sub jugum mittere,to subjugate,Sen. de Prov. 4 init.: felices, qui ferre incommoda vitae, nec jactare jugum vita didicere magistra,Juv. 13, 22.
* A juger of land: in Hispania ulteriore metiuntur jugis: jugum vocant, quod juncti boves uno die exarare possint,Varr. R. R. 1, 10 (but in Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 9, the correct reading is jugerum; v. Sillig ad h. l.).
* A beam, lath, or rail fastenedin a horizontal direction to perpendicular poles or posts, a cross-beam, cross-rail: palmes in jugum insilit,Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 175: vineam sub jugum mittere,Col. 4, 22.
* Esp. as the symbol of humiliation and defeat, a yoke, consisting of two upright spears, and a third laid transversely upon them, under which vanquished enemies were made to pass: cum male pugnatum apud Caudium esset, legionibus nostris sub jugum missis,Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109: exercitum sub jugum mittere,Caes. B. G. 1, 12; 1, 7; Quint. 3, 8, 3; Liv. 1, 26, 13; 2, 34, 9 al.; also, sub jugo mittere,id. 3, 28 fin.
* The constellation Libra: Romam, in jugo cum esset luna, natam esse dicebat,Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98.
* The beam of a weaver's loom: tela jugo vincta est,Ov. M. 6, 55.
* A rower's bench, Verg. A. 6, 411.
* A height or summit of a mountain, a ridge; also, a chain of mountains: in immensis qua tumet Ida jugis,Ov. H. 5, 138: montis,Verg. E. 5, 76; Caes. B. C. 1, 70: suspectum jugum Cumis,Juv. 9, 57; 3, 191.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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