Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

juntine

/ˈd͡ʒʌntaɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jun-tine
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌntaɪn/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, occurring in, or typifying any one or more of the editions of texts published by the Giunti family of Renaissance Florentine printers.

noun

A Juntine edition of a given text. (Where there are multiple editions of the same text, they are often qualified as first Juntine, second Juntine, etc.)

Example Sentences

"The pseudo-Galenic letter ad Paternianum…has been published, but only in the old and often inaccessible “Juntine” editions of Galen, as a liber de dynamidiis."
"In the Juntine edition (Venice, 1609) of Spuria Galeni the alphabet is preceded by a Paternian letter."
"If now all that is common to the first Aldine and the Juntine comes from Marullus, as Lachmann maintains, surely Candidus must have been struck with this coincidence, and would have recorded it against Avancius, the editor of the great rival publisher."

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin Juntīnus.

Word Breakdown

Root: Juntīnus

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈd͡ʒʌntaɪn/

Inflected Forms

Junt. (alternative, abbreviation) Juntines (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce juntine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒʌntaɪn/.
What does juntine mean?: Of, pertaining to, occurring in, or typifying any one or more of the editions of texts published by the Giunti family of Renaissance Florentine printers.
Where does juntine come from?: Borrowed from New Latin Juntīnus.

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