jugate
See also: juĝate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin iugātus (“yoked together in pairs”), perfect passive participle of iugō (“to yoke”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Adjective
jugate (not comparable)
- Forming a pair.
Derived terms
Noun
jugate (plural jugates)
- A portrait which depicts two side-by-side subjects with relative proximity.
- 2008 November, “Presidential Campaign Jugates”, in Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles, volume 35, number 3, pages 28–29:
- More than 50 celluloid and lithographed tin political jugates [i.e., pinback buttons with jugate portraits] made since 1896 sold at three different summer auctions […] You can find jugate trays, posters, badges and ribbons, too.
See also
Latin
Verb
jugāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of jugō
Spanish
Verb
jugate