ianus

See also: Ianus and -ianus

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”), same source as Sanskrit यान (yāna, “path”).

Pronunciation

Noun

iānus m (genitive iānī); second declension

  1. arcade; covered passageway

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iānus iānī
Genitive iānī iānōrum
Dative iānō iānīs
Accusative iānum iānōs
Ablative iānō iānīs
Vocative iāne iānī

References
  • ianus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • ianus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ianus in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
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