Ianus

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See also: ianus and -ianus

English

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Proper noun

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Ianus

  1. Alternative form of Janus (the god)

Latin

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Etymology

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    From iānus (arcade, covered passageway), from Proto-Italic *jānos, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (to go, go in, travel). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic ꙗдо (jado, to travel) and Sanskrit यान (yāna, path).

    Pronunciation

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    Proper noun

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    Iānus m sg (genitive Iānī); second declension

    1. The god Janus.

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun, singular only.

    Case Singular
    Nominative Iānus
    Genitive Iānī
    Dative Iānō
    Accusative Iānum
    Ablative Iānō
    Vocative Iāne

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    References

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    • Ianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers