ianua

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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)
2. vocative singular of iānua

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	iānua	iānuae
genitive	iānuae	iānuārum
dative	iānuae	iānuīs
accusative	iānuam	iānuās
ablative	iānuā	iānuīs
vocative	iānua	iānuae

Related terms

• Iānus

Derived terms

• ianitor
• *januella

Descendants

• Mozarabic: [script needed] (yana)
• Sardinian: janna

References

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