ianuarius

See also: Ianuarius

Latin

Etymology

From the name of the god Iānus (“Janus”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /jaː.nuˈaː.ri.us/, [jaː.nʊˈaː.ri.ʊs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ja.nuˈa.ri.us/, [ja.nuˈaː.ri.us]

Adjective

iānuārius (feminine iānuāria, neuter iānuārium); first/second declension

Of January.

Usage notes

In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	iānuārius	iānuāria	iānuārium	iānuāriī	iānuāriae	iānuāria
genitive	iānuāriī	iānuāriae	iānuāriī	iānuāriōrum	iānuāriārum	iānuāriōrum
dative	iānuāriō	iānuāriae	iānuāriō	iānuāriīs
accusative	iānuārium	iānuāriam	iānuārium	iānuāriōs	iānuāriās	iānuāria
ablative	iānuāriō	iānuāriā	iānuāriō	iānuāriīs
vocative	iānuārie	iānuāria	iānuārium	iānuāriī	iānuāriae	iānuāria

Descendants

Albanian: janar
Arabic: يناير‎ (yanāyir)
Aragonese: chinero
Aromanian: yinar
Catalan: gener
Corsican: ghjennaghju
English: January
Esperanto: januaro
French: janvier
Friulian: Genâr, Zenâr
German: Januar, Jänner
Greek Ιανουάριος (Ianouários), Γενάρης (Genáris)
Irish: Eanáir
Italian: gennaio

Ladin: jené
Marshallese: Jānwōde
Mozarabic: yannáyr
Neapolitan: jennaro, iennaro, gennàio
Norman: Janvyi (Jersey)
Occitan: genièr
Old Leonese: jenero, jeneyro
- Asturian: xineru
- Extremaduran: heneru
- Leonese: xineiru
Old Portuguese: janeyro
- Galician: xaneiro
- Mirandese: janeiro
- Portuguese: janeiro
  - Kabuverdianu: janeru
  - Tetum: janeiru

Old Spanish: janero
- Ladino: jenero / גֿינירו‎
- Spanish: enero
Piedmontese: gené
Romanian: ianuarie
Romansch: schaner
Russian: январь (janvarʹ)
Sardinian: gennàrgiu, gennaxu, bennarzu
Sicilian: jinnaru
Venetian: xenaro
Walloon: djanvî
Welsh: Ionawr

References

ianuarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
ianuarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- Rome, January 1st: Kalendis Ianuariis Romā (dabam)

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