ieiuno Latin · revision 7402

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Tertullian|origins=la iēiūnus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [jɛjˈjuː.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [jeˈjuː.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ieiūnō''' (present infinitive ieiūnāre, perfect active ieiūnāvī, supine ieiūnātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[iēiūnus]] “fasting, hungry” with the verb suffix [[-ō]].^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) The Old Latin Bible spells it ⟨iai-⟩.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis and Short call it late Latin, and Gaffiot cites Tertullian and Jerome.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Tertullian c. 160–220 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to fast, abstain from food, as in Jerome's Abraham, “about to fast, served food to his guests”, and Tertullian's ''iēiūnāre ūnī arbusculae'' “to abstain from the fruit of one tree”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) The Old Latin Gospels use it, as in Matthew 4:2.^(TLL)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to fast, abstain.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''jeûner'', Spanish ''ayunar'' and Portuguese ''jejuar''.^(Wiktionary) Its compound Vulgar Latin *disieiūnāre “to break one's fast” gave Old French ''disner'' and [[en|dinner]] about 1300, and French ''déjeuner''.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it of abstaining.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 383–419/420 AD – Jerome uses it of fasting.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''dinner'' is recorded, from *disieiūnāre.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|fast]], abstain from food.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ieiūnātiō]]

+ * [[iēiūnātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[iēiūnus]]

+ * [[iēiūnium]]

+ * [[en|jejune]]

+ * [[en|dinner]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}