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Latin
Etymology
From *angus, anger- + -ōna (suffix forming names of goddesses); the first element is probably an unattested neuter neuter s-stem *h₂enǵʰ-os[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow, tight”), the root of angō (“to bind; distress”) and angustus (“narrow, constricted”).[2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Angerōna f sg (genitive Angerōnae); first declension
- (Roman mythology) The goddess of suffering and silence.
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Wagenvoort, H. (1980) “Diva Angerona”, in Pietas: Selected Studies in Roman Religion, Leiden: E.J. Brill, page 23
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “angō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 42
Further reading
- “Angerona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Angerona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.