ieiunus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *jagjūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-, adjectival form of *Hyeh₂ǵ- (“to sacrifice”). Cognates include Sanskrit यजति (yájati, “he worships, he sacrifices”), Ancient Greek ἅγιος (hágios, “sacred, holy”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /jeːjˈjuː.nus/, [jeːjˈjuː.nʊs]

Adjective

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

fasting, abstinent, hungry
(figuratively) dry, barren, unproductive
(figuratively) scanty, meager
insignificant, trifling

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	iēiūnus	iēiūna	iēiūnum	iēiūnī	iēiūnae	iēiūna
genitive	iēiūnī	iēiūnae	iēiūnī	iēiūnōrum	iēiūnārum	iēiūnōrum
dative	iēiūnō	iēiūnae	iēiūnō	iēiūnīs
accusative	iēiūnum	iēiūnam	iēiūnum	iēiūnōs	iēiūnās	iēiūna
ablative	iēiūnō	iēiūnā	iēiūnō	iēiūnīs
vocative	iēiūne	iēiūna	iēiūnum	iēiūnī	iēiūnae	iēiūna

Derived terms

Descendants

Aromanian: agiun, agiunu
Dalmatian: dezun
Catalan: dejú
English: jejune, jejunum
French: jeûne
Friulian: zun, ğun
Galician: xaxún

Italian: digiuno
Portuguese: jejum, jejuno
Romanian: ajun
Sardinian: deunu, deunzu, diunzu, geunu, giaunu, zeunu
Spanish: ayuno, yeyuno
Venetian: zun, dizun, dixun, dezun, dexun

References

ieiunus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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