ienuarius

Latin

Etymology

From iānuārius, reflecting a sporadic tendency for /j/ to raise a following /a(ː)/ to /e/. Compare the similar change from iactō to iectō. ⟨ienuarius⟩, and other inflections thereof, is common in Imperial inscriptions.^[1]

Noun

ienuārius m (genitive ienuāriī or ienuārī); second declension

(Late Latin) January

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ienuārius	ienuāriī
genitive	ienuāriī ienuārī¹	ienuāriōrum
dative	ienuāriō	ienuāriīs
accusative	ienuārium	ienuāriōs
ablative	ienuāriō	ienuāriīs
vocative	ienuārie	ienuāriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: ghjennaghju, ghjinnaghju
- Italian: gennaio
- Neapolitan: jennaro, Gennaro
  Tarantino: scennare
- Sicilian: jinnaru
North Italian:
- Friulian: Genâr, Zenâr
- Ladin: jené
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Emilian: znêr
  - Ligurian: zenâ, znè
  - Lombard: zenèr, giner
    Alpine: gianej
  - Piedmontese: gené, genè, znè
- Venetan: xenaro
  - → Cimbrian: djenaro, genaaro (Sette Comuni)
Gallo-Romance:
- Anglo-Norman: jenever
  - → Middle English: Ieneuer
Occitano-Romance:
- Aragonese: chiner, chinero, chinere
- Catalan: gener, giner
- Gascon: gèr
- Occitan: genièr, genèr, genier
Ibero-Romance:
- Extremaduran: eneru, heneru
- Old Leonese: jenero, jeneyro
  - Asturian: xineru
  - Leonese: xineiru
- Old Spanish: enero, jenero
  - Spanish: enero
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: gennàrgiu, gennaxu, bennarzu

References

Grandgent, Charles Hall. 1907. An introduction to Vulgar Latin. Boston: D.C. Heath & Co. Page 96.

^ Grandgent 1907: 96

[1] Grandgent 1907: 96

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