Ianus
English edit
Proper noun edit
Ianus
- Alternative form of Janus (“the god”)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈi̯aː.nus/, [ˈi̯äːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈja.nus/, [ˈjäːnus]
Proper noun edit
Iānus m sg (genitive Iānī); second declension
- The god Janus.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Iānus |
Genitive | Iānī |
Dative | Iānō |
Accusative | Iānum |
Ablative | Iānō |
Vocative | Iāne |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “Ianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers