ianiculum

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from the name of the Roman deity Iānus (Janus), from iānus (arcade, covered passageway), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (to go).

Pronunciation

Noun

iāniculum n (genitive iāniculī); second declension

  1. The Janiculum hill in Rome.

Usage notes

  • Often capitalized.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative iāniculum iānicula
genitive iāniculī iāniculōrum
dative iāniculō iāniculīs
accusative iāniculum iānicula
ablative iāniculō iāniculīs
vocative iāniculum iānicula

Descendants

  • English: Janiculum
  • Italian: Gianicolo

References

  • ianiculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ianiculum”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press