-ianus
Latin
Etymology
Perhaps from -i(us) + -ānus. Compare Proto-Slavic *-janъ.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iˈaː.nus/, [iˈäːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈa.nus/, [iˈäːnus]
Suffix
-iānus (feminine -iāna, neuter -iānum); first/second-declension suffix
- Enlarged form of -ānus, especially frequent in adjectives formed from proper names.
- Catullus + -iānus → Catulliānus
- Cicerō (stem: Cicerōn-) + -iānus → Cicerōniānus
- Tīrō (stem: Tīrōn-) + -iānus → Tīrōniānus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -iānus | -iāna | -iānum | -iānī | -iānae | -iāna | |
| Genitive | -iānī | -iānae | -iānī | -iānōrum | -iānārum | -iānōrum | |
| Dative | -iānō | -iānō | -iānīs | ||||
| Accusative | -iānum | -iānam | -iānum | -iānōs | -iānās | -iāna | |
| Ablative | -iānō | -iānā | -iānō | -iānīs | |||
| Vocative | -iāne | -iāna | -iānum | -iānī | -iānae | -iāna | |
Derived terms
Latin terms suffixed with -ianus
Descendants
References
- “-iānus” on page 817/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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