ieiunus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === ieiiūnus, jejūnus, jeijūnus iaiūnus, iaiiūnus, jajūnus, jaijūnus === 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 Latin) IPA(key): [jɛjˈjuː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [jeˈjuː.nus] === Adjective === ieiūnus (feminine ieiūna, neuter ieiūnum); first/second-declension adjective fasting, abstinent, hungry (figuratively) dry, barren, unproductive (figuratively) scanty, meager insignificant, trifling ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “jējūnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “iēiūnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “jējūnus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. iēiūnus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung