Ianuarius

== Latin == === Alternative forms === iānuārius, Jānuārius, jānuārius, Ian., Jan. === Etymology === From Iānus (“Janus”) +‎ -ārius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [jaː.nuˈaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ja.nuˈaː.ri.us] === Adjective === Iānuārius (feminine Iānuāria, neuter Iānuārium); first/second-declension adjective of January ==== Usage notes ==== In Classical Latin, month names were regularly used as adjectives, generally modifying a case-form of mēnsis m sg (“month”) or of one of the nouns used in the Roman calendar to refer to specific days of the month from which other days were counted: kalendae f pl (“calends”), nōnae f pl (“nones”), īdūs f pl (“ides”). However, the masculine noun mēnsis could be omitted by ellipsis, so the masculine singular forms of month names eventually came to be used as proper nouns. The accusative plural adjective forms Aprīlīs, Septembrīs, Octōbrīs, Novembrīs, Decembrīs are ambiguous in writing, being spelled identically to the genitive singular forms of the nouns; nevertheless, the use of ablative singular forms in -ī and comparison with the usage of other month names as adjectives supports the interpretation of -is as an accusative plural adjective ending in Classical Latin phrases such as "kalendas Septembris". ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Proper noun === Iānuārius m (genitive Iānuāriī or Iānuārī); second declension January a male given name ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== Borrowings === See also === Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === === Further reading === “Iānuārius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “Iānuārius” on page 817/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) == Old English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Iānuārius. === Proper noun === Ianuarius m January Synonym: æfterra ġēola late 9th century, Old English Martyrology ==== See also ==== === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Ianuarius”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.