Ianus

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See also: ianus and -ianus

English

Proper noun

Ianus

  1. Alternative form of Janus (“the god”)

Latin

Etymology

    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

    Proper noun

    Iānus m sg (genitive Iānī); second declension

    1. The god Janus.

    Declension

    Second-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Iānus
    genitive Iānī
    dative Iānō
    accusative Iānum
    ablative Iānō
    vocative Iāne

    Derived terms

    References

    • “Ianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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