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Juxta definition

jukstə
Near, beside, close by.

Juxtapose.

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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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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.

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