Ianiculum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Jāniculum
• Iāniculus

Etymology

Derived from the name of the Roman deity Iānus (“Janus”), from iānus (“arcade, covered passageway”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Iāniculum n sg (genitive Iāniculī); second declension

1. Janiculum (a hill in western Rome, Italy)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Iāniculum
genitive	Iāniculī
dative	Iāniculō
accusative	Iāniculum
ablative	Iāniculō
vocative	Iāniculum

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ἰανοῦκλον (Ianoûklon)
  • Greek: Ιανούκλο (Ianoúklo)
• Catalan: Janícul
• → English: Janiculum
• French: Janicule
• Italian: Gianicolo
• Portuguese: Janículo
• Spanish: Janículo

References

• “Janiculāris mons”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Ianiculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Ianiculum”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press