ientaculum
Latin
Alternative forms
- iaientaculum
- iantaculum
- jejentaculum
- jantaculum
- jēntāculum
Etymology
From ientō (“I breakfast”) + -culum. Contrast prandium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [jeːnˈtaː.kʊ.ɫũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [jen̪ˈt̪aː.ku.lum]
Noun
ientāculum n (genitive ientāculī); second declension
- breakfast (particularly right after getting up)
- c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.18:
- "Ēn" inquam "parātum tibi adest iēntāculum."
- I said, "hey, breakfast is ready."
- "Ēn" inquam "parātum tibi adest iēntāculum."
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ientāculum | ientācula |
| genitive | ientāculī | ientāculōrum |
| dative | ientāculō | ientāculīs |
| accusative | ientāculum | ientācula |
| ablative | ientāculō | ientāculīs |
| vocative | ientāculum | ientācula |
References
- "jentaculum", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ientaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ientaculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ientaculum in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016