ieiunus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • ieiiunus, jejunus, jeijunus
  • iaiunus, iaiiunus, jajunus, jaijunus

Etymology

From the earlier iaiūnus with palatal vowel assimilation, for Proto-Italic *jagjūnos, remade from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-yu-s, from *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /i̯eːˈi̯uː.nus/, [i̯eːˈi̯uːnʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /jeˈju.nus/, [jeˈjuːnus]
  • Older: (Classical) IPA(key): /i̯ai̯ˈi̯uː.nus/, [i̯äi̯ˈi̯uːnʊs̠]

Adjective

iēiūnus (feminine iēiūna, neuter iēiūnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. fasting, abstinent, hungry
  2. (figuratively) dry, barren, unproductive
  3. (figuratively) scanty, meager
  4. insignificant, trifling

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative iēiūnus iēiūna iēiūnum iēiūnī iēiūnae iēiūna
Genitive iēiūnī iēiūnae iēiūnī iēiūnōrum iēiūnārum iēiūnōrum
Dative iēiūnō iēiūnō iēiūnīs
Accusative iēiūnum iēiūnam iēiūnum iēiūnōs iēiūnās iēiūna
Ablative iēiūnō iēiūnā iēiūnō iēiūnīs
Vocative iēiūne iēiūna iēiūnum iēiūnī iēiūnae iēiūna

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: agiun, agiunu
    • Romanian: ajun
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Sardinian:
    • deunu, deunzu, diunzu, geunu, giaunu, zeunu
  • Padanian:
    • Friulian: zun, ğun
    • Ligurian: zazun
    • Piedmontese: giun, zazun, digiun, gèun (probably French-influenced)
    • Venetian: zun, dizun, dixun, dezun, dexun
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance
    • Aragonese: chechunio
      Ribagorçan: dechuno
    • Catalan: dejú
    • Occitan: jun, dejun, junh (Gascon)
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

References
  • “ieiunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ieiūnus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 296
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