Latin

Noun

iuba f ‎(genitive iubae); first declension

1. mane; the flowing hair on the neck of an animal
2. hair of the head
3. a crest on a helmet; tuft; comb of a rooster

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• iubar
• iubātus

Descendants

• Italian: giuba
• Portuguese: juba

References

• IUBA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• iuba in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers