iurgo

Latin

Alternative forms

jurgo
iurigo, jurigo (archaic)

Etymology

From earlier iūrigō, from iūs (“right, law”) +‎ -igō, compounding form of agō (“to pursue, discuss”), so “to pursue or discuss one's rights”.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯uːr.ɡoː/, [ˈi̯uːrɡoː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈjur.ɡo/, [ˈjurɡo]

Verb

iūrgō (present infinitive iūrgāre, perfect active iūrgāvī, supine iūrgātum); first conjugation

to quarrel, argue, brawl, dispute, scold
to chide, censure, blame

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References

“jurgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“iurgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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