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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Variant of Diāna shortened by procope, from Old Latin Dīāna by syncope of Old Latin Dīvāna. Compare Iuppiter from Old Latin Diēspiter, Iovis from Old Latin Diovis. Also see Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē), from a shared root whence by analogical formation also evolved Latin Iūnō, Iūnōnis.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Iāna f (genitive Iānae); first declension
- (religion) The moon-goddess identified as Diana, daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; goddess of the hunt, associated with wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Greek goddess Artemis.
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “Jana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Jāna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.