ieiunus

Etymology
From the earlier with palatal vowel assimilation, for, remade from , from.

Pronunciation

 * Given the etymological development from a form with /ajj/, the E in the first syllable was likely a short vowel. The imperial grammarian Terentianus Maurus cites the related word as an example of a word that contains a short vowel followed by double /jj/. In the middle of a word, [j] was regularly pronounced as a double consonant between vowels, so the heavy scansion of the first syllable in poetry does not indicate the length of the vowel. Some dictionaries such as Lewis and Short mark the E with a macron, which may be a misleading indication of the heavy scansion of the first syllable: compare  (pronounced with /ejj/, but written in Lewis and Short as 'pējor').
 * Given the etymological development from a form with /ajj/, the E in the first syllable was likely a short vowel. The imperial grammarian Terentianus Maurus cites the related word as an example of a word that contains a short vowel followed by double /jj/. In the middle of a word, [j] was regularly pronounced as a double consonant between vowels, so the heavy scansion of the first syllable in poetry does not indicate the length of the vowel. Some dictionaries such as Lewis and Short mark the E with a macron, which may be a misleading indication of the heavy scansion of the first syllable: compare  (pronounced with /ejj/, but written in Lewis and Short as 'pējor').
 * Given the etymological development from a form with /ajj/, the E in the first syllable was likely a short vowel. The imperial grammarian Terentianus Maurus cites the related word as an example of a word that contains a short vowel followed by double /jj/. In the middle of a word, [j] was regularly pronounced as a double consonant between vowels, so the heavy scansion of the first syllable in poetry does not indicate the length of the vowel. Some dictionaries such as Lewis and Short mark the E with a macron, which may be a misleading indication of the heavy scansion of the first syllable: compare  (pronounced with /ejj/, but written in Lewis and Short as 'pējor').

Adjective

 * 1) fasting, abstinent, hungry
 * 2)  dry, barren, unproductive
 * 3)  scanty, meager
 * 4) insignificant, trifling

Descendants

 * Balkan Romance:
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 * Padanian:
 * (probably French-influenced)
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 * Southern Gallo-Romance
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 * Ibero-Romance:
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 * Padanian:
 * (probably French-influenced)
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 * Southern Gallo-Romance
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 * Ibero-Romance:
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 * Northern Gallo-Romance:
 * Southern Gallo-Romance
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