ientaculum

Latin

Alternative forms

• iaientaculum
• iantaculum
• jejentaculum
• jantaculum
• jēntāculum

Etymology

From ientō (“to breakfast”) +‎ -culum. Contrast prandium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [jeːnˈtaː.kʊ.ɫũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [jenˈtaː.ku.lum]

Noun

ientāculum n (genitive ientāculī); second declension

1. 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."

   • :

     Sī vīs ientāculum in lectō, dormī in culīnā

     If you want breakfast in bed, sleep in the kitchen

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