ieiento

Latin

Alternative forms

• ieiientō, jejentō, jeijentō
• iaientō, iaiientō, jajentō, jaijentō

Via haplology:

• ientō, jentō
• iantō, jantō

Etymology

From earlier iaientō with palatal vowel assimilation, from Proto-Italic *jagjentō, nt-stem denominal from *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἅζομαι (házomai, “to dread, stand in reverence”), Sanskrit यजति (yájati, “to revere”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯ei̯ˈi̯en.toː/, [i̯ɛi̯ˈi̯ɛn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /jeˈjen.to/, [jeˈjɛn̪t̪o]
• Older: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯ai̯ˈi̯en.toː/, [i̯äi̯ˈi̯ɛn̪t̪oː]

Verb

ieientō (present infinitive ieientāre, perfect active ieientāvī, supine ieientātum); first conjugation

1. to eat breakfast

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ieientō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ieientō	ieientās	ieientat	ieientāmus	ieientātis	ieientant
	imperfect	ieientābam	ieientābās	ieientābat	ieientābāmus	ieientābātis	ieientābant
	future	ieientābō	ieientābis	ieientābit	ieientābimus	ieientābitis	ieientābunt
	perfect	ieientāvī	ieientāvistī	ieientāvit	ieientāvimus	ieientāvistis	ieientāvērunt, ieientāvēre
	pluperfect	ieientāveram	ieientāverās	ieientāverat	ieientāverāmus	ieientāverātis	ieientāverant
	future perfect	ieientāverō	ieientāveris	ieientāverit	ieientāverimus	ieientāveritis	ieientāverint
passive	present	ieientor	ieientāris, ieientāre	ieientātur	ieientāmur	ieientāminī	ieientantur
	imperfect	ieientābar	ieientābāris, ieientābāre	ieientābātur	ieientābāmur	ieientābāminī	ieientābantur
	future	ieientābor	ieientāberis, ieientābere	ieientābitur	ieientābimur	ieientābiminī	ieientābuntur
	perfect	ieientātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ieientātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ieientātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ieientem	ieientēs	ieientet	ieientēmus	ieientētis	ieientent
imperfect	ieientārem	ieientārēs	ieientāret	ieientārēmus	ieientārētis	ieientārent
perfect	ieientāverim	ieientāverīs	ieientāverit	ieientāverīmus	ieientāverītis	ieientāverint
pluperfect	ieientāvissem	ieientāvissēs	ieientāvisset	ieientāvissēmus	ieientāvissētis	ieientāvissent
passive	present	ieienter	ieientēris, ieientēre	ieientētur	ieientēmur	ieientēminī	ieiententur
imperfect	ieientārer	ieientārēris, ieientārēre	ieientārētur	ieientārēmur	ieientārēminī	ieientārentur
perfect	ieientātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	ieientātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ieientā	—	—	ieientāte	—
	future	—	ieientātō	ieientātō	—	ieientātōte	ieientantō
passive	present	—	ieientāre	—	—	ieientāminī	—
	future	—	ieientātor	ieientātor	—	—	ieientantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ieientāre	ieientāvisse	ieientātūrum esse	ieientārī	ieientātum esse	ieientātum īrī
participles		ieientāns	—	ieientātūrus	—	ieientātus	ieientandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ieientandī	ieientandō	ieientandum	ieientandō	ieientātum	ieientātū

Derived terms

• ieientāculum / ientāculum
• ientātiō / iantātiō
• ientātor / iantātor

Related terms

• ieiūnus / iaiūnus
• ieiūnium / iaiūnium
• ieiūniōsus / iaiūniōsus

Descendants

• From haplologic form ientō
  • Vulgar Latin: *iantāre (“to lunch”) (Proto-Western-Romance)
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: jantar, iãtar, iantar, jãtar, yantar
      • Galician: xantar
      • Portuguese: jantar (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Leonese: iantar, yantar
      • Asturian: xintar
      • Asturian: xantar (Western)
    • Old Spanish: yantar
      • Spanish: yantar
    • Romansch: gentar

References

• 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
• “ieientō” in volume 7, part 1, column 247, line 32 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present