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]
Pronunciation
- (Proto-Romance) IPA(key): /jenˈwarʲʊs/
Noun
ienuārius m (genitive ienuāriī or ienuārī); second declension (Late Latin)
- January
Inflection
Second-declension noun.
Case | 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, iennaro, gennàio
- 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
- Venetian: xenaro
- → Cimbrian: djenaro, genaaro
- Gallo-Romance:
- Anglo-Norman: jenever
- → Middle English: Ieneuer
- Anglo-Norman: jenever
- 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