ieiunium

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /jeːjˈjuː.ni.um/, [jeːjˈjuː.ni.ũ]

Noun

iēiūnium n (genitive iēiūniī); second declension

  1. fast (day); fasting
  2. Lent
  3. hunger

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative iēiūnium iēiūnia
genitive iēiūniī iēiūniōrum
dative iēiūniō iēiūniīs
accusative iēiūnium iēiūnia
ablative iēiūniō iēiūniīs
vocative iēiūnium iēiūnia

Descendants

  • Old Portuguese: jajũu
    • Galician: xaxún, xexún
    • Portuguese: jejum
  • Romanian: ajun
  • Sardinian: dejunu, deunu, geunu, giaúgnu
  • Sicilian: dijunu, dajunu
  • Spanish: ayuno
  • Venetian: zun, dizun, dezun

References

  • ieiunium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ieiunium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to fast: ieiunium servare
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