ianua

Latin

Etymology

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈjaː.nu.a/, [ˈjäːnuä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈja.nu.a/, [ˈjɑːnuɑ]

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Noun

iānua f (genitive iānuae); first declension

1. any double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iānua	iānuae
Genitive	iānuae	iānuārum
Dative	iānuae	iānuīs
Accusative	iānuam	iānuās
Ablative	iānuā	iānuīs
Vocative	iānua	iānuae

Derived terms

• ianitor
• *ianuella

Related terms

• Iānus
• iānuārius

Descendants

• Mozarabic: يانة‎ (iana), Mozarabic: *يَنَالّة‎ (*ianella)
• Sardinian: janna

References

• ianua in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
• ianua in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden, Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co., 1894
  • to burst open the door: ianuam effringere, revellere
    
• ianua in Harry Thurston Peck, editor, Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898