jejunus

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Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

jējūnus (feminine jējūna, neuter jējūnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Alternative form of iēiūnus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • jejunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • jejunus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • 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, →ISBN, page 296