iento

Latin

Etymology

Via haplology from ieientō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯en.toː/, [ˈi̯ɛn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈjen.to/, [ˈjɛn̪t̪o]
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯an.toː/, [ˈi̯än̪t̪oː]

Verb

ientō (present infinitive ientāre, perfect active ientāvī, supine ientātum); first conjugation

1. Alternative form of ieientō (“to eat breakfast”)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ientō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ientō	ientās	ientat	ientāmus	ientātis	ientant
	imperfect	ientābam	ientābās	ientābat	ientābāmus	ientābātis	ientābant
	future	ientābō	ientābis	ientābit	ientābimus	ientābitis	ientābunt
	perfect	ientāvī	ientāvistī	ientāvit	ientāvimus	ientāvistis	ientāvērunt, ientāvēre
	pluperfect	ientāveram	ientāverās	ientāverat	ientāverāmus	ientāverātis	ientāverant
	future perfect	ientāverō	ientāveris	ientāverit	ientāverimus	ientāveritis	ientāverint
passive	present	ientor	ientāris, ientāre	ientātur	ientāmur	ientāminī	ientantur
	imperfect	ientābar	ientābāris, ientābāre	ientābātur	ientābāmur	ientābāminī	ientābantur
	future	ientābor	ientāberis, ientābere	ientābitur	ientābimur	ientābiminī	ientābuntur
	perfect	ientātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ientātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ientātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ientem	ientēs	ientet	ientēmus	ientētis	ientent
imperfect	ientārem	ientārēs	ientāret	ientārēmus	ientārētis	ientārent
perfect	ientāverim	ientāverīs	ientāverit	ientāverīmus	ientāverītis	ientāverint
pluperfect	ientāvissem	ientāvissēs	ientāvisset	ientāvissēmus	ientāvissētis	ientāvissent
passive	present	ienter	ientēris, ientēre	ientētur	ientēmur	ientēminī	iententur
imperfect	ientārer	ientārēris, ientārēre	ientārētur	ientārēmur	ientārēminī	ientārentur
perfect	ientātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	ientātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ientā	—	—	ientāte	—
	future	—	ientātō	ientātō	—	ientātōte	ientantō
passive	present	—	ientāre	—	—	ientāminī	—
	future	—	ientātor	ientātor	—	—	ientantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ientāre	ientāvisse	ientātūrum esse	ientārī	ientātum esse	ientātum īrī
participles		ientāns	—	ientātūrus	—	ientātus	ientandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ientandī	ientandō	ientandum	ientandō	ientātum	ientātū

Derived terms

• ientāculum
• ientātiō

 

Descendants

• 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