ianua

Latin

Etymology

From the name of the Roman deity Iānus, from iānus (“arcade, covered passageway”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈjaː.nu.a/, [ˈjaː.nʊ.a]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈja.nu.a/, [ˈjaː.nu.a]
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Noun

iānua f (genitive iānuae); first declension

  1. any double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative iānua iānuae
genitive iānuae iānuārum
dative iānuae iānuīs
accusative iānuam iānuās
ablative iānuā iānuīs
vocative iānua iānuae

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • ianua in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ianua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to burst open the door: ianuam effringere, revellere
  • ianua in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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