Ianus

== English == === Proper noun === Ianus Alternative form of Janus (“the god”). == Latin == === Etymology === From iānus (“arcade, covered passageway”), from Proto-Italic *jānos, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to go, go in, travel”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic ꙗхати (jaxati, “to travel”) and Sanskrit यान (yāna, “path”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjaː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjaː.nus] === Proper noun === Iānus m sg (genitive Iānī); second declension The god Janus. (Medieval Latin) A phonetic Latinization of the Hungarian name János, instead of the semantic correct version Iōhannēs. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== iānua iānuārius ==== Related terms ==== iānus === References === “Ianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers