ianus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *jānos, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to go, go in, travel”). Cognate with Sanskrit यान (yāna, “path”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈi̯aː.nus/, [ˈi̯äːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈja.nus/, [ˈjäːnus]
Noun[edit]
iānus m (genitive iānī); second declension
- arcade; covered passageway
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | iānus | iānī |
| Genitive | iānī | iānōrum |
| Dative | iānō | iānīs |
| Accusative | iānum | iānōs |
| Ablative | iānō | iānīs |
| Vocative | iāne | iānī |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ianus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “ianus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ianus”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press