ariena

== Latin == === Etymology === Perhaps derived from an unattested adjective *ariēnus (“ram-shaped”), from aries (“ram”), on account of the similarly curved shape of a ram's horns. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.riˈeː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.riˈɛː.na] === Noun === ariēna f (genitive ariēnae); first declension (Classical Latin, rare) banana ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== banana (New Latin) mūsa (14th century) ==== Descendants ==== Italian: ariena === References === “ariena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press