Dianium
See also: dianium
Latin
Etymology
From Diāna (“goddess of the hunt”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [diˈaː.ni.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪iˈaː.ni.um]
Proper noun
Diānium n sg (genitive Diāniī or Diānī); second declension
- A temple in Rome consecrated to Diana
- a town in Hispania Tarraconensis, situated near a temple of Diana
- a small island off the coast of Etruria, now called Giannutri
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Diānium |
| genitive | Diāniī Diānī1 |
| dative | Diāniō |
| accusative | Diānium |
| ablative | Diāniō |
| vocative | Diānium |
| locative | Diāniī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
- Diānius
References
- “Dĭāna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Dianium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Dianium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly