Anio

See also: anió and ânio

Latin

Etymology

Believed to originate from the name of an Etruscan king, who drowned in the river while trying to cross it on his horse during a storm to get to his kidnapped daughter. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.oː/, [ˈänioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.o/, [ˈäːnio]

Proper noun

Aniō m sg (genitive Aniēnis); third declension

The river Aniene, that flows in Latium.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Aniō
genitive	Aniēnis
dative	Aniēnī
accusative	Aniēnem
ablative	Aniēne
vocative	Aniō

Derived terms

aniēnsis, Aniēnsis

Descendants

Italian: Aniene

References

“Anio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Anio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Anio”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
“Anio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Anio”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly