jŭgum — Lewis & Short
jŭgum, i, n.kindred to Sanscr. yuga from yug-, jungere; Gr. zugo/n; v. jungo,
I a yoke for oxen, a collar for horses.
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.—
B Transf.
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 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 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 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 The constellation Libra:
Romam, in jugo cum esset luna, natam esse dicebat,Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98.—
6 The beam of a weaver's loom:
tela jugo vincta est,Ov. M. 6, 55.—
7 A rower's bench, Verg. A. 6, 411.—
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.—
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.