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): /jejˈjuː.nus/, [jɛjˈjuː.nʊs]

Adjective

ieiūnus (feminine ieiūna, neuter ieiūnum); 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	ieiūnus	ieiūna	ieiūnum	ieiūnī	ieiūnae	ieiūna
Genitive	ieiūnī	ieiūnae	ieiūnī	ieiūnōrum	ieiūnārum	ieiūnōrum
Dative	ieiūnō	ieiūnae	ieiūnō	ieiūnīs	ieiūnīs	ieiūnīs
Accusative	ieiūnum	ieiūnam	ieiūnum	ieiūnōs	ieiūnās	ieiūna
Ablative	ieiūnō	ieiūnā	ieiūnō	ieiūnīs	ieiūnīs	ieiūnīs
Vocative	ieiūne	ieiūna	ieiūnum	ieiūnī	ieiūnae	ieiūna

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
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, page 296

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