Diana

== Translingual == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Diana f (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrobiidae – synonym of Dianella (certain snails). (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Asphodelaceae – synonym of Dianella (flax lilies).. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – synonym of Cercopithecus (guenons). == English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin Diāna, short form of Latin Dīāna, derived by syncope from Old Latin Dīvāna, equivalent to dīvus +‎ -āna; roughly akin to Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”) + Proto-Indo-European *-néh₂. Originally an Old Italic divinity of light and the moon; later identified as the Roman counterpart to Greek goddess Artemis. Cognate of Attic Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē), similarly syncopated from older Ancient Greek Διϝωνη (Diwōnē), whence via Latin Diōne is derived English Dione used in various ways across astronomy, chemistry, biology, and as a given name. From the same root Proto-Indo-European *dyúh₃onh₂- also potentially cognate to English June via Latin Jūnō. === Pronunciation === (UK, General American) IPA(key): /daɪˈænə/ Rhymes: -ænə === Proper noun === Diana (Roman mythology) The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis. : So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and all the world worshippeth. (astronomy) 78 Diana, a main belt asteroid. (astronomy, mythology) The Moon; the Moon as a deity. A female given name from Latin. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (Eternal Virgin Goddesses): Artemis, Athena/Minerva, Hestia/Vesta ==== Derived terms ==== Diana butterfly Diana fritillary Diana monkey ==== Related terms ==== Di Diane Dianna Dianne ==== Descendants ==== → Hawaiian: Kiana→ English: Kiana → Serbo-Croatian: Дајана, Dajana → Spanish: Dayana ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Diana (plural Dianas) A Diana monkey. A Diana fritillary. === See also === Cynthia Delia === Anagrams === Adina, Aidan, Andai, IANAD, Ida'an, Nadia, Naiad, naiad == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English Diana, borrowed from Latin Diāna. === Proper noun === Diana a female given name from English [in turn from Latin] (Roman mythology) Diana; the daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis (astronomy) the asteroid 78 Diana == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈdɪjana] === Proper noun === Diana f (Roman mythology) Diana (Roman goddess) a female given name, equivalent to English Diana ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Diana”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “Diana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Danish == === Proper noun === Diana (Roman mythology) Diana a female given name, equivalent to English Diana == Estonian == === Proper noun === Diana (Roman mythology) Diana a female given name, equivalent to English Diana == Faroese == === Proper noun === Diana f a female given name, equivalent to English Diana ==== Usage notes ==== Matronymics Diana's son: Dianuson Diana's daughter: Dianudóttir ==== Declension ==== == German == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Diana f (genitive Dianas or Diana) (Roman mythology) Diana a female given name, equivalent to English Diana == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin Diana. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdja.na/, /diˈa.na/ Rhymes: -ana Hyphenation: Dià‧na, Di‧à‧na === Proper noun === Diana f (Roman mythology) Diana a female given name, equivalent to English Diana === Proper noun === Diana m or f by sense a surname === References === === Anagrams === Nadia, andai, danai == Japanese == === Romanization === Diana Rōmaji transcription of ディアナ == Latin == === Alternative forms === Deiana Deana, Iāna, Jāna === Etymology === Original form with long i Dīāna, derived by syncope from Dīvāna, equivalent to dīvus +‎ -āna; some inscriptions read Deiana or Deana, akin to deus +‎ -āna; both feminine stem words dīva and dea meaning “goddess” derived from Old Latin deiva, from Proto-Italic *deiwā from Proto-Indo-European *deywós from *dyew- (“heaven, day sky; to shine”). See Old Latin Diēspiter, a primitive form of Iuppiter, formed by appending a suffix to Latin diēs, cognate to both dīvus and deus. Diana is also called Iāna (“Jana”), analogous to procope of Old Latin Diovis into Iovis (“Jove”). The form Dīviāna occurs in Varro's attempt to explain the etymology of the name, with the now-discredited explanation that "quod luna in altitudinem et latitudinem simul <i>t, Diviana, appellata"; the intention seems to be to derive the name from dēviō (“stray, deviate”), from via (“road”). If Dīviāna was a genuinely used variant form (rather than a hypothetical form proposed as a precursor), it appears to represent a univerbation dīva +‎ Iāna, literally “Goddess Jana”. Compare Attic Greek Δῐώνη (Dĭṓnē), Doric Greek Διώνᾱ (Diṓnā), syncopated from Διϝωνᾱ (Diwōnā), from a shared root, whence by analogical formation also evolved Latin Iūnō(nis). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [diːˈaː.na], [diˈaː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [diˈaː.na] === Proper noun === Dī̆āna f (genitive Dī̆ānae); first declension (Roman mythology) Diana, the daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated with wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Greek goddess Artemis. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== As a female given name: === References === === Further reading === “Diana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Diana”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers Diana in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung “Diana”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Lithuanian == === Proper noun === Diana f a female given name == Middle English == === Proper noun === Diana alternative form of Diane == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin Diāna, from Latin Dīāna, from Old Latin Dīvāna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdja.na/ Rhymes: -ana Syllabification: Dia‧na === Proper noun === Diana f a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Diana ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === Diana f (Roman mythology) Diana (Roman goddess) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Diana”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Diāna. Doublet of Daiane and Daiana. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Di‧a‧na === Proper noun === Diana f (plural Dianas) (Roman mythology) Diana (Roman goddess) a female given name, equivalent to English Diana === See also === Artemisa == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /diana/, [ˈdiana] Rhymes: -ana Hyphenation: Di‧a‧na === Proper noun === Diana f (diminutive Dianka) a female given name, equivalent to English Diana (Roman mythology) Diana ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Diana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin Diāna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdjana/ [ˈd̪ja.na] Rhymes: -ana Syllabification: Dia‧na === Proper noun === Diana f (Roman mythology) Diana a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Diana ==== Related terms ==== == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Diana c (genitive Dianas) (Roman mythology) Diana a female given name, equivalent to English Diana