[ˈjuːk.staː], [ˈjʊk.staː], [ˈjuk.sta]
OrigoUnclear, but reflects an earlier ablative form. Proposals include:
* from Proto-Italic *jougestos (“yoked”), from *jougos (“team of yoke animals”) (whence Latin iūgera pl), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yewg-es-, from *(H)yewg- (“join together”);
* from Proto-Italic *jugistos (“closest”), equivalent to *(H)yug- + *-istHos (“superlative suffix”); however, this suffix is otherwise not found in Latin.
The accusative is from the suffix used adverbially.
- not-comparablenearly, nigh
- not-comparablenear, close to
- not-comparablejust as
- with-accusativenear, close to, next to
“Praefixa contīs capita gestābantur inter signa cohortium iū̆xtā aquilam legiōnis...” — Heads attached to the points of pikes were being carried about next to the [heralidic] eagle of the legion...
- with-accusativeadjoining
- with-accusativelike
- Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, with-accusativeaccording to
Formaeiū̆xtā(canonical) · iū̆xstā(alternative) · iū̆sta(alternative) · jū̆xtā(alternative) · jū̆xstā(alternative) · jū̆stā(alternative)
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