ianiculum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === iāniculus === Etymology === Derived from the name of the Roman deity Iānus (“Janus”), from iānus (“arcade, covered passageway”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [jaːˈnɪ.kʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [jaˈniː.ku.lum] === Noun === iāniculum n (genitive iāniculī); second declension The Janiculum hill in Rome. ==== Usage notes ==== Often capitalized. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== English: Janiculum Italian: Gianicolo === References === “ianiculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “ianiculum”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press