-ianus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Perhaps from -i(us) + -ānus. Compare Proto-Slavic *-janъ.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iˈaː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈaː.nus]
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.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -iānus | -iāna | -iānum | -iānī | -iānae | -iāna | |
| genitive | -iānī | -iānae | -iānī | -iānōrum | -iānārum | -iānōrum | |
| dative | -iānō | -iānae | -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
- Catalan: -ià
- → English: -ian
- Italian: -iano
- Old French: -ien
- → Portuguese: -iano
- Romanian: -ian
- Spanish: -iano
- → Ancient Greek: -ιᾱνός (-iānós) (partially)
- Greek: -ιανός (-ianós)
References
- “-iānus” on page 817/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)