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1. jūgis, e, adj. [jungo], joined together: auspicium, marred auspices, occasioned by a yoke of oxen dunging at the same time, Cic. Div. 2, 36, 77; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 3, 537.

2. jūgis, e (gen. plur. jugerum for jugium, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 40 P.; with the first syll. short, Sedul. 1, 18), adj., continual, perpetual; esp. of running water, always flowing, perennial (class.): thesaurus jugis, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 82: ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi, Cic. N. D. 2, 10: aqua, Sall. J. 89, 6: concordia, Gell. 12, 8: holocaustum juge, Vulg. Num. 28, 6: convivium juge, id. Prov. 15, 15: jugi sanguine, id. Lev. 15, 33: scabiem jugem, id. ib. 21, 20.
Adv. in two forms.

  1. A. jūge, continually, always, ever (post-class.): juge durans (anima), Prud. στεφ. 10, 472.
  2. B. jū-gĭter, continually, perpetually; immediately, instantly (post-class.), App. de Mund. p. 71: jugiter atque perpetuo, Cod. Th. 16, 7, 3; Aus. Ep. 19, 9; Vulg. Exod. 29, 38; id. 1 Par. 9, 33.

2. jugo, ĕre, v. n., to utter the note of the kite (milvus), Varr. ap. Non. 179, 2; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 104 Müll., and jugit ικτὶν βοᾷ, Gloss. Philox.

jŭgum, i, n. [kindred to Sanscr. yuga from yug-, jungere; Gr. ζυγόν; v. jungo], a yoke for oxen, a collar for horses.

  1. I. 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.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. A yoke, pair, team of draught-cattle: ut minus multis jugis ararent, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 51, § 120; a pair of horses, Verg. A. 5, 147: aquilarum, a pair, Plin. 10, 4, 5, § 16.
        Plur.: nunc sociis juga pauca boum, Juv. 8, 108; also for the chariot itself, Verg. A. 10, 594; Sil. 7, 683: curtum temone jugum, Juv. 10, 135.
      2. 2. 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.).
      3. 3. A beam, lath, or rail fastened in 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.
      4. 4. 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.
      5. 5. The constellation Libra: Romam, in jugo cum esset luna, natam esse dicebat, Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98.
      6. 6. The beam of a weaver’s loom: tela jugo vincta est, Ov. M. 6, 55.
      7. 7. A rower’s bench, Verg. A. 6, 411.
      8. 8. 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.
  2. II. 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.

jŭgus, a, um, adj. [1. jugo], belonging together (ante-class.): vasa, Cato, R. R. 10.