Anio

See also: anió and ânio

Latin

The river in Subiaco

Etymology

Believed to originate from the name of an Etruscan king, who drowned in the river while trying to cross it on his horse during a storm to get to his kidnapped daughter. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.oː/, [ˈänioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.o/, [ˈäːnio]

Proper noun

Aniō m sg (genitive Aniēnis); third declension

The river Aniene, that flows in Latium.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Aniō
Genitive	Aniēnis
Dative	Aniēnī
Accusative	Aniēnem
Ablative	Aniēne
Vocative	Aniō

Derived terms

aniēnsis, Aniēnsis

Descendants

Italian: Aniene

References

“Anio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Anio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Anio”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
“Anio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Anio”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly