adiunctus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /adˈi̯unk.tus/, [äd̪ˈi̯ʊŋkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /adˈjunk.tus/, [äd̪ˈjuŋkt̪us]

Participle

adiūnctus (feminine adiūncta, neuter adiūnctum); first/second-declension participle

1. added, joined or attached to something, having been joined to something
2. (of cattle) harnessed, yoked, having been harnessed
3. (by extension) composite, compounded
4. (by extension) lying next to, contiguous, neighboring, adjacent
5. (by extension) related, linked, connected

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	adiūnctus	adiūncta	adiūnctum		adiūnctī	adiūnctae	adiūncta
genitive	adiūnctī	adiūnctae	adiūnctī		adiūnctōrum	adiūnctārum	adiūnctōrum
dative	adiūnctō	adiūnctae	adiūnctō		adiūnctīs
accusative	adiūnctum	adiūnctam	adiūnctum		adiūnctōs	adiūnctās	adiūncta
ablative	adiūnctō	adiūnctā	adiūnctō		adiūnctīs
vocative	adiūncte	adiūncta	adiūnctum		adiūnctī	adiūnctae	adiūncta

Descendants

• Aromanian: agiumtu
• Italian: aggiunto

Adjective

adiūnctus (feminine adiūncta, neuter adiūnctum, comparative adiūnctior); first/second-declension adjective

1. bound
2. joined, composite
3. adjacent
4. relevant

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	adiūnctus	adiūncta	adiūnctum		adiūnctī	adiūnctae	adiūncta
genitive	adiūnctī	adiūnctae	adiūnctī		adiūnctōrum	adiūnctārum	adiūnctōrum
dative	adiūnctō	adiūnctae	adiūnctō		adiūnctīs
accusative	adiūnctum	adiūnctam	adiūnctum		adiūnctōs	adiūnctās	adiūncta
ablative	adiūnctō	adiūnctā	adiūnctō		adiūnctīs
vocative	adiūncte	adiūncta	adiūnctum		adiūnctī	adiūnctae	adiūncta

Descendants

• Aromanian: agiumtu
• → Catalan: adjunt
• → Danish: adjunkt
• → Middle Dutch: adjoinct
  • Dutch: adjunct
• → English: adjunct
• → German: Adjunkt
  • → Polish: adiunkt
• Old Spanish: ayunto
• → Portuguese: adjunto
• → Spanish: adjunto
• → Swedish: adjunkt

References

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