Juxta- Definition

jukstə
affix
Near, beside, close by.
Juxtapose.
Webster's New World
noun

In males of most species of order Lepidoptera, an organ that supports the aedeagus and is located between the two valvae.

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Other Word Forms of Juxta-

Noun

Singular:
juxta-
Plural:
juxtae

Origin of Juxta-

  • Fr < L juxta, near, beside < IE *yugistos, superl. of base *yug-, closely connected, var. of *yeug- > yoke

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • From Latin iuxta.

    From Wiktionary

Juxta- Sentence Examples

  • The sentence was forthwith executed, his body being thrown into the cloaca, where, however, it was found by another pious matron, Lucina, whom Sebastian visited in a dream, directing her to bury him ad Catacombas juxta vestigia apostolorum.

  • This important version was first published in a good text by Lagarde, Psalterium juxta hebraeos hieronymi (Leipzig, 1874).

  • An improved set was afterwards published in London (1770), as also the theory (Theoria lunae juxta systema Newtonianum, 1767) upon which the tables are based.

  • Besides a commentary on the book of Sentences, he wrote the Postillae in sacram scripturam juxta quadruplicem sensum, litteralem, allegoricum, anagogicum et moralem, published frequently in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Words Starting With

JJUJUX

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ATAXTA

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