Ἰανός
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /i.aː.nós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.aˈnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.aˈnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.aˈnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.aˈnos/
Proper noun
Ἰᾱνός • (Iānós) m (genitive Ἰᾱνοῦ); second declension
- Janus
- (philosophy and theology) In the Platonist theology of Plethon, an aspect of Zeus, as attested in one of the twenty-seven hymns.
Inflection
Descendants
- Greek: Ιανός (Ianós)
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014
Further reading
- “Ἰανός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011