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Latin
Etymology
From Diāna (“goddess of the hunt”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Diānium n sg (genitive Diāniī or Diānī); second declension
- A temple in Rome consecrated to Diana
- A town in Hispania Tarraconensis, situated near a temple of Diana
- A small island off the coast of Etruria, now called Giannutri
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Dĭāna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Dianium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Dianium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly