maenianum

See also: Maenianum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Maeniānum

Etymology

From Maenius +‎ -ānus, the name of a consul and first user of this balcony.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mae̯.niˈaː.num/, [mäe̯niˈäːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.niˈa.num/, [meniˈäːnum]

Noun

maeniānum n (genitive maeniānī); second declension

1. (architecture) A projecting gallery, balcony of a house

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	maeniānum	maeniāna
genitive	maeniānī	maeniānōrum
dative	maeniānō	maeniānīs
accusative	maeniānum	maeniāna
ablative	maeniānō	maeniānīs
vocative	maeniānum	maeniāna

• The nominative plural maeniāna has the alternative form maeniānī.

Descendants

• Italian: mignano

References

• “Maenĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maenianum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.