Ianus

See also: ianus and -ianus

Latin

Etymology

From iānus (“arcade, covered passageway”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”), same source as Old Church Slavonic ꙗдо (jado, “to travel”) and Sanskrit यान (yāna, “path”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈjaː.nus/, [ˈjaː.nʊs]

Proper noun

Iānus m sg (genitive Iānī); second declension

  1. The god Janus.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case 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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