Latin

Alternative forms

• jejunium

Noun

iēiūnium n ‎(genitive iēiūniī); second declension

1. fast (day); fasting
2. Lent
3. hunger

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• ieiūnus

Descendants

References

• ieiunium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ieiunium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fast: ieiunium servare