Ianus

See also: ianus and -ianus

English

Proper noun

Ianus

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

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯aː.nus/, [ˈi̯äːnʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈja.nus/, [ˈjäːnus]

Proper noun

Iānus m sg (genitive Iānī); second declension

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

Related terms

iānus

References

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

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