Dianium

See also: dianium

Latin

Etymology

From Diāna (“goddess of the hunt”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /diˈaː.ni.um/, [dɪˈaː.ni.ũ]

Proper noun

Diānium n (genitive Diāniī or Diānī); second declension

  1. A temple in Rome consecrated to Diana
  2. A town in Hispania Tarraconensis, situated near a temple of Diana
  3. A small island off the coast of Etruria, now called Giannutri

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Diānium
Genitive Diāniī
Diānī1
Dative Diāniō
Accusative Diānium
Ablative Diāniō
Vocative Diānium

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

  • Diānius

References
  • Dĭāna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Dianium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Dianium in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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