ianus

See also: Ianus and -ianus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *jānos, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to go, go in, travel”). Cognate with Sanskrit यान (yāna, “path”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯aː.nus/, [ˈi̯äːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈja.nus/, [ˈjäːnus]

Noun

iānus m (genitive iānī); second declension

1. arcade; covered passageway

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	iānus	iānī
genitive	iānī	iānōrum
dative	iānō	iānīs
accusative	iānum	iānōs
ablative	iānō	iānīs
vocative	iāne	iānī

Related terms

• iānua
• iānuārius
• Iānus

References

• "ianus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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